Education – Page 46 – People's World

Betsy DeVos has no business delivering graduation speech at an HBCU

May 8, 2017 By Fedrick Ingam

Bethune-Cookman, a historically black university in Florida, invited Betsy DeVos to deliver its commencement speech. Her policies are terrible for its students.

High school students learn collective bargaining—by doing it

May 5, 2017 By Chris Stevens

The tried and true method of learning: hands-on.

Congrats, graduates! Here’s your diploma and debt

April 25, 2017 By Chuck Collins

Grads begin their work lives with damaged credit and greater economic vulnerability. The only winners are the predatory loan servicing agencies.

School principals say “it’s time to organize” against Trump

March 29, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

Betsy DeVos’ profit-driven motive is bound to undermine the democratizing role of public education.

Scholars chart the political economy of education privatization

March 20, 2017 By John McCollow

Around the world, major efforts are underway to turn public education into a product for sale on the market. New scholarship examines the economics and ideology behind it all.