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NEPC Review: Parent Power: Grass-Roots Activism and K-12 Education Reform (American Enterprise Institute, July 2012)

NEPC Review

Michelle Fine and Stan Karp

September 6, 2012

Missing the Target? The Parent Trigger as a Strategy for Parental Engagement and School Reform

Policy Memo

Christopher Lubienski, Janelle T. Scott, John Rogers, and Kevin G. Welner

September 5, 2012

The Mythical Great Equalizer School System: Exploring the Potential to Make It Real

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

April 10, 2024

Teacher in a Strange Land: Do Core Democratic Values Belong in Schools? Some Say No.

Blog Post of the Day

Nancy Flanagan

April 8, 2024

Radical Eyes for Equity: Contrarian Truths About Public Education and Student Achievement

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P.L. Thomas

April 3, 2024

Janresseger: Public Schools: Our Essential Democratic Institution

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Jan Resseger

February 2, 2024

Janresseger: What Will We Lose if Public Schools Are Privatized?

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Jan Resseger

July 7, 2023

David Labaree on Schooling, History, and Writing: School Syndrome: Understanding the USA’s School Syndrome: Understanding the Usa’s Magical Belief That Schooling Can Somehow Improve Society, Promote Access, and Preserve Advantage

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David Labaree

March 30, 2023

Nancy Bailey's Education Website: Will the Future Include Free Democratic Public Schools and Teachers?

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Nancy Bailey

March 20, 2023

David Labaree on Schooling, History, and Writing: Public Schools for Private Gain

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David Labaree

February 8, 2023

David Labaree on Schooling, History, and Writing: Two Cheers for School Bureaucracy

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David Labaree

October 31, 2022

Diane Ravitch's Blog: Anya Kamenetz: The Attack on Horace Mann’s Historic Vision of Public Schooling

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Diane Ravitch

October 5, 2022

Curmudgucation: Education and the Nation

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Peter Greene

August 1, 2022

Brattleboro Reformer: William J. Mathis: The Insurrection -- Will the Center Hold?

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William J. Mathis

July 18, 2022

Diane Ravitch's Blog: David C. Berliner: What I Learned at the NPE Conference

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Diane Ravitch

June 13, 2022

Gadfly on the Wall: Covid Has Hobbled Public Schools. Here’s Why They’re Worth Saving

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Steven Singer

May 18, 2022

Alfie Kohn: Last Time, the Religious Right Told Us Not Only What We Can Teach but How to Teach It

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Alfie Kohn

May 13, 2022

Nancy Bailey's Education Website: The Dangerous End of School Libraries and Public Education

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Nancy Bailey

April 5, 2022

Janresseger: Quarrels About Critical Race Theory and the Teaching of “Divisive Topics” Persist and Expand

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Jan Resseger

April 1, 2022

Teacher in a Strange Land: The Demise of Genuinely Public Education

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Nancy Flanagan

January 25, 2022

Christine Sleeter

Progressive Magazine: The Proud Boys Are Coming for Public Schools

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Jeff Bryant

November 3, 2021

Teach in a Strange Land: Mission, Vision, Purpose and Other Things Nobody Pays Attention to in Public Education

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Nancy Flanagan

August 16, 2021

Radical Eyes for Equity: Who’s Indoctrinating Whom?

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P.L. Thomas

August 4, 2021

Dana L. Mitra

Carrie Sampson

Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Schools and the Economy–Not Yet a Faddish Idea

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Larry Cuban

December 14, 2020

What’s Next for PreK-12 Funding? Austerity, Subsistence or Investment?

Newsletter

November 19, 2020

Curmudgucation: Schooling for Democracy (Or What is Education For)

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Peter Greene

November 19, 2020

Janresseger: Public Schools: Our Democracy’s Essential Institution

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Jan Resseger

November 5, 2020

The Conversation: Renowned Educator Paulo Freire Would Have Questioned How We Are Schooling Our Kids in the Age of COVID-19

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Antonia Darder and James D. Kirylo

October 16, 2020

Radical Eyes for Equity: Patriotic Education and the Politics of Lies

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P.L. Thomas

October 14, 2020

Janresseger: Framing a New Website Forced Us to Reconsider Public Education’s Core Principles

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Jan Resseger

October 2, 2020

Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Are Students “Consumers”? (David Labaree) (Guest Post by David Labaree)

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Larry Cuban and David Labaree

September 17, 2020

Have You Heard: The Right to Read

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Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider

June 15, 2020

Austerity, Subsistence, or Investment: Will Congress and the President Choose to Bail Out Our Children’s Future?

Policy Memo

Frank Adamson, Allison Brown, and Kevin G. Welner

June 4, 2020

Teacher in a Strange Land: If Technology Can’t Save Us, What Will?

Blog Post of the Day

Nancy Flanagan

April 17, 2020

Education Interview of the Month: Christopher Saldaña Interviews Educators and Activists About Educational Equity During the Pandemic

FYI

Christopher Saldaña, Jillian McRae, Ann Dealy, Saa’un Bell, Kyle Serrette, and Keith Catone

April 16, 2020

Equity Alliance Blog: Unaccompanied Minors: Considerations About Their Education

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Angela E. Arzubiaga

December 6, 2019

Alfie Kohn: It’s Time to Rethink Education Policy: Advice for the Democratic Presidential Candidates

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Alfie Kohn

October 22, 2019

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