Tag: Public school
A progressive vision for education in the 21st century
This system spans early childhood education, K-12 education, higher education, and workforce development—each piece a load-bearing support for the American dream.
Sanders unveils billionaire plot to undermine US public education: $9 million...
A new report by Sen. Bernie Sanders exposes a well-funded campaign by right-wing billionaires to privatize public education and divert critical funds from public schools.
The defeat of a school voucher program reveals the truth within...
The momentum for education savings accounts is increasing across the country, and public education advocates say they will endanger neighborhood schools.
A school choice nightmare: Families getting government funding to switch from...
The harrowing story of a Maine family shows the potential perils families face when they transfer to privately run schools that are less subject to government oversight.
School vouchers have been a disaster—now advocates are trying to rename...
What you need to know about education savings accounts, a kind of “super-voucher.”
An unlikely city in the South could be home to a...
Advocates for school improvement in Jackson, Mississippi, want investments in education infrastructure, not more charter schools and privatization.
Parents like their public schools, no matter how much the charter...
Branding public schools as “failed” institutions is more about politics than education.
Saving our schools starts with spending less on the military
Imagine if we invested in them rather than war.
Betsy DeVos is gone, but her education agenda is rolling out...
Her efforts to privatize public schools are being rolled out in state legislatures across the country.
Yes, schools can improve; Here’s how
Faced with two utterly misguided directions for education policy, some argue for a “centrist solution,” as if meeting in the middle of two bad ideas can somehow produce something good.
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Trump-appointed official plans to cut Social Security workforce by 50 percent, closing field offices...
Acting SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek orders mass layoffs, raising concerns of service collapse and benefit delays for millions of Americans.
Elon Musk’s billionaire welfare: How the world’s richest man built his empire on government...
An extensive Washington Post investigation has revealed a very different reality—one where Musk’s business empire has been deeply dependent on taxpayer money.
Sanders and others introduce Social Security Expansion Act to protect seniors, people with disabilities...
The legislation would apply the Social Security payroll tax on income above $250,000 to ensure Social Security is fully funded for the next 75 years.
The February 28 economic blackout
On Feb. 28 join the 24-hour boycott to protest the ongoing actions of the Trump administration and to send a message to corporate America.
Ocasio-Cortez blasts GOP for letting Elon Musk kill drug pricing reform
She slammed the Republican Party for allowing Elon Musk to derail bipartisan drug pricing reforms, calling the move a clear example of oligarchic control over American politics.