Education And Public Education

Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Organizing, Not Activism: Chicago's Dyett HS Hunger Strikers Mark 11th Day Resisting Closing & Privatization of Their School
28 Aug 2015
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Activism is showing up, speaking out, demonstrating here, tweeting there, disrupting that and blogging that. But activists are only responsible to themselves.…
Black Parents Should Opt Their Children Out of High Stakes Testing
05 Aug 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford As usual, the Black Misleadership Class is on the wrong side of democracy, urging Blacks to submit to a high stakes testing regime that…
Where Obama's Race To The Top Leads: Chicago, Philly, Miami Public Schools Privatize Teacher Hiring
15 Jul 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Piecemeal and wholesale privatization of public schools has been the bipartisan agenda of Republicans and Democrats. Now top…
Hillary's Family Ties to School Privatizers, and Diane Ravitch's Review of Hoosier School Heist
15 Jul 2015
By Doug Martin at Hoosier School Heist Blog, and Diane Ravitch Last week the American Federation of Teachers endorsed Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy, without consulting more than a token…
This Is Hell
Key Failures of the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare an Obstacle to Universal Health Care
01 Jul 2015
Key Failures of the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare an Obstacle to Universal Health Care by our friends at This Is Hell Radio Trudy Lieberman: “We are replacing a crisis of un-insurance with a crisis…
Arne Duncan’s Patently False Promise to Forgive Student Debts at For-Profit Schools
10 Jun 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The U.S. government has funneled hundreds of billions of dollars into corporate accounts by bankrolling for-profit schools that…
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?
Black Agenda Radio, Week of April 8 2015
08 Apr 2015
Attempted Murder of Mumia Through Medical Malpractice Pennsylvania prison officials allowed the political prisoner’s condition to worsen until he was in horrific pain and on the brink of a diabetic…
George Joseph and John Tarleton
Testing Public Education to Death in New York
19 Mar 2015
by George Joseph and John Tarleton The real teaching crisis in New York is “the failure to keep experienced and highly capable teachers and allow them to do their jobs.” The exodus of veteran…
Jesse Hagopian
“Why are They Doing This to Me?”: Seattle Students Walkout on Ferguson Decision and Racism
03 Dec 2014
by Jesse Hagopian Ferguson is everywhere – including Seattle, where thousands of students took to the streets last week. “What is sweeping the nation—something the media cannot acknowledge without…