ALEC’s Latest Actions
Ben Adler The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative organization that has been leading recent coordinated attempts to move…
Occupy Education
Liza Featherstone “Mic check! MIC CHECK! Let the Puppet show begin! LET THE PUPPET SHOW BEGIN!” The demonstrators who…
Fighting Privatization, Occupy Activists at CUNY and UC Kick Into High Gear
Josh Eidelson Every afternoon last week, students, teachers, and neighbors gathered to hold classes on UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza….
In Post-Rhee DC, Achievement Gaps Remain Staggeringly Wide
On Sunday, the New York Times published an op-ed critical of school choice policies in Washington, DC. As Matt…
‘Dear Jenny: I Fired Your Mom and Put You to Work to Help You “Rise.” Love, Newt’
John Nichols The picture is of elementary-school age girl mopping the hall in front of a row of lockers….
How Online Learning Companies Bought America’s Schools
Lee Fang This article was reported in partnership with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. If the…
Little Love for Labor
Josh Eidelson I didn’t learn much about the labor movement in high school. At best, it was taught like…
Right-Wing Billionaires Invest in Wisconsin’s Recall Elections
John Nichols August 8, 2011 As co-chair of Wisconsin’s powerful legislative Joint Finance Committee, Alberta Darling was charged by…
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