Education And Public Education

The Real News Network
The Glen Ford Report: High Stakes Testing is a Weapon for School Privatization
28 Oct 2015
by the Real News Network White House pledges to reduce standardized testing are bogus, says Ford. Administration policy is to use standardized testing to "fail" public schools and replace them with…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
TFA/BlackLivesMatter/CampaignZero Activist Brittney Packnett (Almost) Tries to Defend the Indefensible
22 Oct 2015
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Stung by growing public recognition of Teach For America's heinous role in destabilizing communites and destroying public education, CampaignZero/…
Drew Franklin
The Movement Lives in Ferguson: Teach For America, Black Leadership, and Disaster Capitalism
13 Oct 2015
by Drew Franklin Teach for America is a corporate “Trojan Horse” that has deeply penetrated the #BlackLivesMatter organization. Brittany Packnett and Deray Mckesson represent the TFA’s “long game” to…
Tell the New Education Secretary: Charter Schools Flunk Out in New Orleans
07 Oct 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Arne Duncan said Katrina was the best thing to happen to New Orleans schools, and his successor, John B. King, doubtless feels the same.…
The Real News Network
Privatization, Charters & High Stakes Tests: Arne Duncan's Legacy
07 Oct 2015
by the Real News Network Professor Pauline Lipman and educator Jose Luis Vilson discuss the legacy of Arne Duncan and what we know about his successor John B. King
"We Must Kill School Privatization" Jitu Brown at End of 34 Day #FightForDyett Hunger Strike
23 Sep 2015
By the Network for Public Education
Jonas Persson
Web of Secrecy Surrounds Federal Half-a-Billion Handout to Charter Schools
09 Sep 2015
by Jonas Persson Hell-bent on quietly forcing the bipartisan neoliberal project of school privatization down the the unwilling and oft unwitting throats of mostly black constituencies across the land…
The Real News Network
How One Chicago High School Became Ground Zero For School Privatization
09 Sep 2015
by the Real News Network
Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 7, 2015
08 Sep 2015
Solitary Confinement to be Sharply Curtailed in California A settlement between activist inmates and California prison officials will sharply limit the use of solitary confinement in the state. “I do…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Where's #BlackLivesMatter In the Struggle Against School Privatization?
02 Sep 2015
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon #BlackLivesMatter's national board promptly reacted to a fulsome DNC endorsement with an apparent repudiation. While rhetorical opposition to Democrats is fine,…