It’s not easy being a political progressive and a charter school supporter. In these polarized times, it’s easy to forget how many of us support great public schools and have seen charters create...
Last year, during my senior year at IDEA Quest College Preparatory in Edinburg, Texas, I asked my brother, Danny, where I should apply to college. “Princeton,” he said. “Are you crazy?” I replied....
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) will soon make a decision that will either allow it to leverage itself as a true champion for racial integration or affirm its dogged reputation as a racially biased...
Oakland blogger Dirk Tillotson wrote this provocative piece suggesting that unions and charters could actually be good for each other. Currently, about 12 percent of America’s 6,700 charter schools...
In ratifying a resolution to issue a moratorium on charter schools, the NAACP—despite its storied history of defending the civil rights of Black and Brown people in America—has made the same mistake...
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