Education
DeVos rescinds Title IX rule protecting student survivors of sexual violence
May 21, 2020DeVos wants to put survivors through trial-like “hearings” where the victims would have to relive the brutality all over again.
Read moreCorporate consultants Bain & Company size up Los Angeles schools
May 21, 2020While families have been scrambling to homeschool, the District’s Superintendent and former investment-banker Austin Beutner has sought guidance from the world of corporate management consulting.
Read moreObama, in two speeches, criticizes Trump and challenges grads to grab control
May 20, 2020Stepping out of what had been a self-imposed silence on discussing his successor, former President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump in speeches to graduates.
Read moreEducation advocates block distance learning privatization in Puerto Rico
March 26, 2020Nothing replaces in-person teaching, but educators are utilizing technology to make learning accessible.
Read morePredictive analytics: How capitalism’s “knowledge economy” profiles us all
January 29, 2020Into the fiscal crisis step for-profit education companies offering a mixture of devious dispossession, futuristic technology, and high-pressure sales pitches.
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