How to Destroy a Public-School System How to Destroy a Public-School System
In Philadelphia, education reformers got everything they wanted. Look where the city’s schools are now.
Sep 24, 2014 / Daniel Denvir
Why Don’t We Have Real Data on Charter Schools? Why Don’t We Have Real Data on Charter Schools?
Charters were supposed to be laboratories for innovation. Instead, they are stunningly opaque.
Sep 24, 2014 / Pedro Noguera
The Secret to Eva Moskowitz’s ‘Success’ The Secret to Eva Moskowitz’s ‘Success’
Her charter schools get outstanding performance reports—which leave out some salient facts.
Sep 24, 2014 / Diane Ravitch
What Happens When Your Teacher Is a Video Game? What Happens When Your Teacher Is a Video Game?
Education reformers want to use technology in the classroom—for almost everything.
Sep 24, 2014 / Gordon Lafer
Why White People’s Awareness of Racism Isn’t Enough Why White People’s Awareness of Racism Isn’t Enough
A majority of Americans believe the criminal justice system is racially biased, but it takes more than an acknowledgement to dismantle the system.
Sep 24, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Fox: If Obama’s ‘Latte Salute’ Doesn’t Prove He Hates America, His UN Speech Does Fox: If Obama’s ‘Latte Salute’ Doesn’t Prove He Hates America, His UN Speech Does
How dare Obama salute someone without first tossing his coffee cup aside?
Sep 24, 2014 / Leslie Savan
These Frontline Communities Know What Climate Justice Would Mean—and They’re Not Seeing It at the UN These Frontline Communities Know What Climate Justice Would Mean—and They’re Not Seeing It at the UN
Changing the path corporations and the 1 percent have set for our planet is going to take more than a march. It’s going to take a struggle.
Sep 24, 2014 / Wen Stephenson
Why Involving Bystanders Isn’t Enough to Combat Sexual Assault Why Involving Bystanders Isn’t Enough to Combat Sexual Assault
Activists say the Obama Administration’s “It’s On Us” campaign falls short of what’s needed to end campus sexual assault.
Sep 24, 2014 / Dani McClain
The Movement for Climate Justice Has Arrived The Movement for Climate Justice Has Arrived
Will world leaders listen?
Sep 24, 2014 / The Editors
Our Public Education System Needs Transformation, Not ‘Reform’ Our Public Education System Needs Transformation, Not ‘Reform’
A growing, diverse movement is rejecting market-oriented reforms in favor of education justice.
Sep 24, 2014 / The Editors