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Ezra McCoy
Roc Nation’s Lobbying Efforts Cast Suspicion on Jay Z’s Association with GOP’s Top Funder
19 Jun 2024
Jay Z has consistently shown himself willing to be used as a Black face to run cover for conservative political endeavors. He is now promoting a voucher program that will reduce funding for public…
David Marcus Rutherford
Sumo Wrestlers & Supermodels: Reimagining the Education of Black Children
24 Feb 2021
How do we define success for Black students and the adults that they become?
Victoria Theisen-Homer
Students of Color are Harmed Most by the “Broken Windows” Teaching
12 Aug 2020
“No excuses” teaching borrows from the “broken windows” theory of policing, which has been enacted in U.S. cities since the mid-1980s.
Behind the News with Doug Henwood
Los Angeles Teachers Use the Old Successful Organizing Methods
14 Feb 2019
Like the 2006 strike of 30,000 NYC transit workers, and the 2012 strike of 30,000 Chicago teachers, the 2019 Los Angeles teacher strike made the lives of tens and hundreds of thousands of ordinary
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Lessons, Successes, Failures of the West Virginia Teachers Strike
08 Mar 2018
The 9 day West Virginia school strike was a long time coming, and contains a number of useful, if not new lessons.
Jeff Schuhrke
Chicago Teachers Union and Charter School Teachers Have Joined Forces
07 Feb 2018
“Leaders of both union locals say they don’t have a problem with charter schools per se, but rather they oppose the proliferation of the charter system of mana
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Roland Martin: That Hustla Ova There Tryna Sell Us School Privatization
09 Feb 2017
Roland Martin pretends to be a journalist. But what does a guy do when the one percent won't pay for an informed public? Roland is a hustla for hire, and he's found a dependable set of clients.
Dr. Walter C. Farrell Jr.
Public School Privatization Strategies: What Teachers, Unions, and Public Education Stakeholders Should Know
04 Nov 2015
The future of public education is not guaranteed.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Demonizing Teachers, Privatizing Schools: The Big Lies and Big Plans Behind the Atlanta School Cheating Scandal
22 Apr 2015
Should we be wondering if the prosecution of cheating Atlanta teachers for racketeering was racist?
Samantha Winslow
An iPad on Every Desk?: A Trojan Horse, Teachers Say
24 Nov 2013
School districts that place iPads and mobile devices into classrooms are being praised (and praising themselves) for "innovation. But what's this really about?