Education Reform

Reading Between the Lines Reading Between the Lines

The new education law is a victory for Bush--and for his corporate allies.

Jan 10, 2002 / Feature / Stephen Metcalf

The War on Campus The War on Campus

Will academic freedom survive?

Nov 15, 2001 / Feature / David Glenn

Flunking the Tests Flunking the Tests

Democrats and Republicans alike are claiming the education bill as a victory. The national testing plan--mandating annual tests in grades three through eight, plus one in high sch...

Jun 21, 2001 / The Editors

Joe Hill Goes to Harvard Joe Hill Goes to Harvard

On May 8 twenty-three jubilant, grubby Harvard students left the offices of university president Neil Rudenstine after a twenty-one-day sit-in, the longest in Harvard's history. ...

Jun 14, 2001 / Feature / Jane Manners

Yale Bites Unions Yale Bites Unions

For God, country and the ruling class.

Jun 14, 2001 / Feature / Kim Phillips-Fein

The Littlest Coke Addicts The Littlest Coke Addicts

The March 14 announcement by the Coca-Cola Company that it is scaling back its aggressive marketing strategy in public schools is a clear victory for opponents of schoolhouse comm...

Jun 7, 2001 / Steven Manning

Edison’s Red Ink Schoolhouse Edison’s Red Ink Schoolhouse

The biggest brand name in for-profit education is floundering.

Jun 7, 2001 / Feature / Peter Schrag

Sex, Lies and Politics Sex, Lies and Politics

Congress is poised to reauthorize fearmongering "abstinence-only" sex ed.

Apr 19, 2001 / Feature / Marjorie Heins

Rainbow School Colors Rainbow School Colors

On March 27, a federal district court struck down the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action admissions plan, ruling that the school's interest in a diverse studen...

Mar 30, 2001 / David Cole

SAT–A Failing Test SAT–A Failing Test

Educators have long known the rap sheet on the SAT, the college entrance exam that millions of young people have taken as a rite of passage for some seventy-five years. Since its ...

Mar 15, 2001 / Peter Sacks

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