schools
How greener schoolyards benefit kids — and the whole community
August 19, 2024When Lois Brink’s kids were in elementary school, she remembers being struck by how uninviting their schoolyard was. She described it as “scorched earth” — little more than a dirt field coated in “I don’t know...
Read moreIn Houston, back-to-school means back-to-privatization
August 12, 2024Texas takeover results in giant teacher exodus.
Read moreAFT’s Weingarten: Defeating Trump a must if students are to make progress
July 24, 2024The future of education, AFT says, is tied to the drive to prevent autocracy from taking hold in the nation.
Read moreFirst Amendment victory: Oklahoma Supreme Court vetoes public dollars for religious ‘charter school’
July 3, 2024Charter schools are a key cause for the radical right, whose ultimate goal is to shutter public schools by diverting their cash to charters, often run by privatizers who view students as a source of profit.
Read moreRight-wing ‘edutainment’ propaganda being pumped directly into children’s classrooms
October 3, 2023A far-right propaganda network is churning out subpar, silly, and inaccurate school curricula. Here’s how to fight back for our children’s future.
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