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Why Michigan Public School Parents Might Be Too Strong of a Match for Betsy DeVos and Her Privatization Agenda

Community Schools Were Working in Oakland, But the District Is Shutting Them Down Anyway

Minneapolis Teacher Strike Brought Unity, Victory and a Reminder of the Threats Facing Public Education in the U.S.

Our Schools fellow Jeff Bryant’s article for The Progressive: ‘Biden Takes Aim at Wasteful Spending on Charter Schools’

New Peer-Reviewed Study by Our Schools’ Jeff Bryant and Velislava Hillman: “Families’ Perceptions of Corporate Influence in Career and Technical Education Through Data Extraction”

Inside the Chaotic Charter Schools Run by a For-Profit Company

How Big Tech Sees Big Profits in Social-Emotional Learning at School

Our Schools fellow Jeff Bryant’s reporting is featured on Salon

Our Schools fellow Jeff Bryant’s article for The Progressive: ‘Community Schools Could Fix a Major Problem in Education’

Corporations Are Turning Public Schools Into Their Workforce Training ‘Pipelines’

How Community Schools Are Helping a Hard-Hit City Dig Out of Tough Times

Why a State Known for Charter Schools Is Now Joining a Nationwide Trend for Community Schools

For-Profit Charter Schools Provide an Entryway for Private Investors to Exploit Public Education

How the Increasingly Popular Community Schools Model Is Boosting Rural America

In Minnesota’s ‘Most Diverse City,’ Schools Are Addressing the Community’s Deep Trauma

Charter School Industry Lobbying Firm Rushes to Defend Schools That Think of Children as a Business

The Right Wing Is Pumping Out Critical Race Theory Attacks to Boost Its Propaganda War on Public Education

Why Are Federal Funds Flowing to ‘White Flight’ Privatized Charter Schools?

Exposing the Motive for the Sudden Wave of Attacks on Schools That Teach Critical Race Theory

What a Florida School’s Standardized Test Scores Won’t Show

Where the Federal Government’s Charter School Program Went Wrong

The Amount of Federal Dollars Going to Charter Schools Should Be Zero

Biden Promised to End Standardized Testing in Schools—It Was Never Going to Be Easy

I First Bought Into the Charter School Agenda—Here’s What Led Me to Change My Mind

For-Profit Charter Schools Gone Wild—Proof That Greed and Education Don’t Mix