School Choice

School Closures: A Blunt Instrument

This article appears in the Spring 2016 issue of The American Prospect Magazine. In 2013, citing a $1.4 billion deficit, Philadelphia’s state-run school commission voted to close 23 schools—nearly 10 percent of the city’s stock. The decision came after a three-hour meeting at district headquarters, [...]

School Closures: A Blunt Instrument2016-11-29T17:36:57-05:00

Don’t Blame Bernie; Most People Don’t Get Charter Schools

By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Campaign For America's Future. March 17, 2016 | Photographic credit; Bernie Sanders participates in the Populism 2015 Conference in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty) When Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders fielded a question about charter schools at a Democratic Party presidential [...]

Don’t Blame Bernie; Most People Don’t Get Charter Schools2016-11-29T17:36:57-05:00

An Open Letter to Our Next Governor

By Anitra Brown | Originally Published at The New Orleans Tribune. December 15, 2015 Dear Governor-Elect John Bel Edwards: On the off-chance that you were unaware, we just thought you should know that the pro-education reform forces are gearing up to influence your decisions as it relates [...]

An Open Letter to Our Next Governor2016-11-29T17:37:00-05:00

Why White Parents Won’t Choose Black Schools

By Abby Norman | Originally Published at Huffington Post. October 15, 2015 8:55 AM EDT Updated: October 22, 2015 3:59 PM EDT | Photographic Credit; Six Black students attempted to enter North Little Rock High School, part of a segregated district in September 9, 1957. Decades later, [...]

Why White Parents Won’t Choose Black Schools2016-11-29T17:37:02-05:00

New Report: Federal Funds For Charter Schools Go Into A ‘Black Hole’

By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Education Opportunity Network. October 21, 2015 at 8:47 PM | U.S Secretary of Education Arne Duncan speaks during a White House Hispanic Community Action Summit at Fox Tech High School in San Antonio. (Lisa Krantz / San Antonio Express-News) America’s [...]

New Report: Federal Funds For Charter Schools Go Into A ‘Black Hole’2016-11-29T17:37:03-05:00

Where Will John King Stand On Student Suspensions?

By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Education Opportunity Network. October 15, 2015 3:16 PM | Photographic CreditSenior Education Department official, John King Jr., left, accompanied by President Barack Obama, speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, October 2. (AP Photo/Andrew [...]

Where Will John King Stand On Student Suspensions?2016-11-29T17:37:03-05:00

The Ugly Charter School Scandal Arne Duncan Is Leaving Behind

By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Education Opportunity Network.. October 7, 2015 | Photographic Credit; U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan listens during an assembly at North Star Academy. In a bid to reform the nation's urban schools, Duncan has been visiting charter schools nationwide to [...]

The Ugly Charter School Scandal Arne Duncan Is Leaving Behind2016-11-29T17:37:04-05:00

New Orleans Model Is Not Such a Model After All

By janresseger | Originally Published at Jan Resseger. October 6, 2015 | Photographic Credit; New Orleans Tribune In the five years from 2006 to 2011, I visited New Orleans at least twice a year. I have been baffled since that time by the one-sided research created to [...]

New Orleans Model Is Not Such a Model After All2016-11-29T17:37:04-05:00

The Curse of Market Place Fundamentalism and the Challenge of an Insurrectional Pedagogy

By Henry Giroux | Originally Published at Counter Punch. September 29, 2015 | Pierre Andrieu/Getty Images Introduction The forces of free-market fundamentalism are on the march ushering in a terrifying horizon of what Hannah Arendt once called “dark times.” Across the globe, the [...]

The Curse of Market Place Fundamentalism and the Challenge of an Insurrectional Pedagogy2016-11-29T17:37:04-05:00
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