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  • Betsy DeVos Blames 'Snail Mail' for Unanswered Requests From Democrats

    Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 06/06/2017 - 09:14

  • Culture Shift: Oakland Leads the Way in Making School Lunches More Sustainable

    Melissa Hellmann / Yes! Magazine

    Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 06/05/2017 - 14:19

  • Perverse Law in 9 States Enriches Donors to Private Schools: Trump Could Be on the Verge of Taking It National

    Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 06/05/2017 - 13:39

  • Harvard Rescinds Acceptance Letters After Obscene Posts in Chat Room

    Katie Serena / Salon  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Mon, 06/05/2017 - 13:28

  • Pennsylvania Legislative Report Confirms That Charter Schools Are Vampires Sucking Funds From Local Districts

    Steven Singer / GadflyOnTheWallBlog  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 06/02/2017 - 14:03

  • Biggest Massachusetts Charter Stops Disciplining Black Students for Hair Braids, But Tells Parents They Wanted to Avoid Costly Court Fight

    Jennifer Berkshire / Have You Heard  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 06/02/2017 - 10:36

  • Education Publisher Pearson's Global Ambitions Reflects Scope of Privateers Now Upending Public Schools

    Alan Singer / Huffington Post  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 06/02/2017 - 10:18

  • Underfunded Oklahoma Schools Shortened School Week Is Tip of Nationwide Education Fund Shortfall

    Jeff Bryant / Education Opportunity Network

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 06/02/2017 - 10:03

  • Network for Public Education Declares Charters Are Not Public Schools, Calling for Moratorium and Legislative Accountability

    Carol Burris / Network for Public Education

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 06/02/2017 - 09:32

  • A Learning Expert Tries Betsy DeVos' Neuron-Stimulating Headset—and Is Far From Impressed

    Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 06/01/2017 - 14:22

  • Elizabeth Warren Launches Ambitious New Project to Hold Betsy DeVos Accountable

    Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 06/01/2017 - 06:11

  • New Georgia Law Will Let People Carry Guns into Booze-Filled Tailgating Parties

    Kali Holloway / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 05/30/2017 - 11:00

  • Bernie Sanders' Powerful Graduation Speech Calls for National Transformation

    Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 05/30/2017 - 09:56

  • Video: House Appropriations Committee's Rosa DeLauro Slams Betsy DeVos for 'Cruel, Inhumane, Heartless' K-12 Budget Cuts

    Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 05/30/2017 - 09:56

  • Betsy DeVos Shows She's Willing to Smear Public School Defenders in the Crudest Ways Possible

    Carol Burris / Network for Public Education

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 05/30/2017 - 09:55

  • What Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Calls Education Transformation Is Actually Public Theft

    Jeff Bryant / Education Opportunity Network

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 05/27/2017 - 11:57

  • Massachusetts Charter School Backs off Exclusionary Hair Policies —for Now

    Rachel M. Cohen / The American Prospect

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 05/26/2017 - 12:59

  • Video: Yohuru Williams on Why Poverty is The Real Issue Hurting Public Schools and How Privatization Makes it Worse

    Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 05/25/2017 - 12:56

  • Six Teachers Suspended for Standing Up for Students: Only in the Mayor Controlled Chicago Public Schools

    Dave Stieber / The Huffington Post  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 05/25/2017 - 12:35

  • Screw You: Betsy DeVos’ Top Adviser Led a For-Profit University That Defrauded Students and Hoovered Up Federal Student Aid

    Jennifer Berkshire / Have You Heard  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 05/24/2017 - 12:10

  • Diane Ravitch: Betsy DeVos Is a Monster the Democrats Helped Create

    Jacob Sugarman / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 05/24/2017 - 10:07

  • Elizabeth Warren Goes Nuclear on Trump and DeVos' Plan to Gut Education Beyond All Recognition

    Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 05/23/2017 - 05:41

  • Billionaire Betsy DeVos Wants to Scrap Student Debt Forgiveness—Surprised?

    Jamie Peck / The Guardian

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sun, 05/21/2017 - 08:24

  • Who Is Responsible for the Disastrous Decline in American Universities?

    Sophia A. McClennen / Salon

    Displayed Publishing Date: Sat, 05/20/2017 - 11:50

  • Leaked Trump Education Budget Massively Feeds School Privatization at the Expense of Traditional Public Schools

    Jeff Bryant / Education Opportunity Network  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 05/19/2017 - 09:56

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