Commentary by Carl Hintz The “cultural wars” have reared their ugly heads in North Carolina. As an enthusiast of cultural anthropology, this saddens me. Culture is a shared system of meaning, not something to have…
The Dystopian Future of U.S. Public Education Is On Display in Houston By Jackie Anderson, Ruth Kravetz and Jay Malone On June 1, the state of Texas removed Elizabeth Santos, an elected school board trustee,…
By Jill Barshay A growing problem in American classrooms is that teachers don’t resemble the students they teach. Eighty percent of the nation’s 3.8 million public school teachers are white, but over half of their…
Holistic approach transforming parent involvement for the better By Jeff Bryant Both common sense and research seem to conclude that parent involvement matters a lot for student success and even for improving schools in general….
A summary of George Lakey’s guide to non-violent, direct-action campaigning By Carl Hintz How We Win, by George Lakey, is an activists’ manual of how to run successful nonviolent direct-action campaigns in polarized times. Direct…
A comprehensive look at what’s wrong with school vouchers By Josh Cowen What if I told you there is a policy idea in education that, when implemented to its full extent, caused some of the…
Decommodifying survival By Jason Hickel One of the central insights emerging from research on degrowth and climate mitigation is that universal public services are crucial to a just and effective transition. Capitalism relies on maintaining…
Libraries, as they exist in the twenty-first century, are the only remaining public domain. By Linda Stack-Nelson I will absolutely be the first person to romanticize libraries. I come from a home with thirty-two bookcases…
By Shawgi Tell Privately-operated charter schools in the United States have a long record of failure. They have been over-promising and under-delivering for decades. Over the years, many people, especially low-income minority parents living in…
The US needs to adopt European-style social housing and also make rental assistance an entitlement. Read more at Counterpunch.