Education Reform
Supreme Court Now Handling Biden Student Debt Relief Program
The loan forgiveness program, which Biden announced in August, is under attack from six Republican-controlled states
Can Organizing for Debt Cancellation Foster Systemic Change?
The elimination of student debt is just the first step in mitigating the pervasive effects of racial capitalism.
South LA Parents Fight Charter Schools
Their opposition to co-locating charters on traditional campuses reflects tensions throughout many schools and districts.
Republicans Want Teachers to Leave Public Education
Republicans are literally running a political platform on weakening teachers, schools and education
Students Don't Fail Because They Are Lazy
Jill Richardson: In my experience, low grades mean something is wrong. Often the problem is mental health. Sometimes the problem is something temporary but difficult in the student's life, like a death in the family.
Extending the Childhood Tax Credit: Critical for Our Kids and Our Future
Those monthly payments made the American Dream possible for millions of families, including mine.
Are California Teachers Barely Hanging On?
A new poll of teachers sounds a red alert for public education in the state.
The Right-Wing Money and Influence Behind Moms for Liberty
The group, which claims to be about “parent rights,” has ties to the January 6 insurrection and is expected to provide “foot soldiers” for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Why College Costs So Damn Much These Days
Low-cost, debt-free college was for us, not you, older opponents of student loan forgiveness tell younger generations
Weaving the Dialectical Spiral into Individual Development: From Robert Kegan to Lev Vygotsky
In this article I center on Kegan’s dialectical spiral, not as a stepping stone to understand cognitive development, but as a model for understanding psychological development as a whole
No Matter What the Charter School Movement Says, Parents Like Their Public Schools
Branding public schools as “failed” institutions is more about politics than education.
Whose Kids? Our Kids!
Peter Brown, Rosemary Lee and Steven Miller : Fascism undermines public education because schools historically strive to produce people who think.
A Shortage of Teachers
School board after school board is being dominated by angry people who think teaching tolerance is attempting to turn their children into gay communists.
Nikes on a Wire
Writing starts to become an internal process. Later one’s words can be clarified and reorganized, but first you have to hear yourself and learn to let your truth emerge.
Student Loan Forgiveness
President Joe Biden made a campaign promise to alleviate some student loan debt, and on August 24, he honored his commitment.
Minimal Student Loan Debt Relief
Joe Biden's so-called student loan debt relief does little to alleviate the problem it claims to solve.
Want to End the Teacher Shortage? Start Valuing Education
The school are facing a shortage of teachers to teach the students due to low pay and burnout. Graduate students are earning more than teachers during the pandemic.
Biden Tackles Student Debt — and Misses
The Biden administration cut a minimum of $10K from every deserving American student loan debt. Students need much more than that to get real relief from debt.
Organizers Have Fought for Debt Cancellation for Over a Decade
The US government announced cutting a significant number of student debt Americans. Debt strikes are a tool expressing racial and economic justice for student debtors.
Coffee With Dick & Sharon: Weak Tea with Student Loan Forgiveness
The problem is that 45 million students and former students are saddled with $2 trillion in student loan debt.
Community Schools Can Revitalize Neighborhoods
The transformative approach to school improvement is a catalyst for community revival.
Biden Could Have Gone So Much Further on Student Loans
The president’s loan forgiveness plan is narrow and paltry—and his administration’s preparation to fend off outraged criticism from both sides of the aisle speaks volumes.
Public Education - A Chat with Cecily Myart-Cruz
Cecily Myart-Cruz, the first Black Latina to lead UTLA, came to the job just as the Covid-19 pandemic began.