Vijay Prashad hails socialist educational programs that have stuck to their core principles and defied overall trends during the pandemic.
Vijay Prashad: Pandemic Worsens the Old Divides
Tag: Education
LEE CAMP: Keep Calm & Just Die
The government of Great Britain doesn’t want English students studying how capitalism is killing us.
Connecticut Court Decision Highlights U.S. Educational Failures
A recent court decision in Connecticut overturned a mandate that would have addressed inadequate education funding for poorer communities, a historic problem of the U.S. educational system, which relies on local resources instead of federal wealth, as Jonathan Kozol and…
What DeVos Might Do to Public Schools
Donald Trump is stocking his administration with fellow rich people including “school voucher” advocate Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary, a choice that makes many public school defenders nervous, reports Dennis J Bernstein.
Misdiagnosing What Ails US Schools
The American Right likes to bash public school teachers for supposedly deviating from an “America-can-do-no-wrong” approach to history and generally “failing” the students, but that is a misdiagnosis of the problem, says Lawrence Davidson.