Choosing Democracy

Who Gives a Damn? By   Rodolfo F. Acuña Teresa Wiltz in  America’s Wire  writes that despite claims of increased educational o...

Associate Editor Pia Lopez wrote an interesting essay, “Can we find common ground on schools?”   on the ideas of Diane Ravitch in ...

Richard Rothstein, Education “reformers” have a common playbook. First, assert without evidence that regular public schools are “failin...

Anthony Cody. Last night in President Obama's State of the Union address , he repeated a familiar refrain about the import...

        By, Henry M. Levin and Cecilia E. Rouse ONLY 21 states require students to attend high school until they graduate o...

“Silent” protestors" with their mouths taped shut  confronted Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and corporate education proponent Mi...

Image via Wikipedia “We need to say it's wrong, and if that doesn't work, engage in direct action, it's time to organize, de...

Image via Wikipedia NYT editorial. Rejected in Tucson. Published. Jan. 21, 2012, The Tucson Unified School District has dismantled i...

Arizona School District Wipes Latino American History Off the Map | Common Dreams Good review of the issues on Democracy Now.

 Diane Ravitch is speaking in Sacramento this evening. I know you are touring schools in Japan and soaking up lessons for us as you trav...

Image via Wikipedia Brown- further commitment to austerity. Jerry Brown gave his required State of the State address today an...

Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline by: Staff, Rethinking Schools [3] | News Analysis “Every man in my family has been locked up. Most days I...

As a part of the King Holiday efforts, Tavis Smiley moderated a conversation on solutions for restoring America's prosperity. Topics...

Tumultuous Times for Democracy Compelled Moyers' Return to TV | Common Dreams

Who’s afraid of “The Tempest”? Book Banning in Arizona as a part of the assault on Mexican American Studies

Education Week gives California schools a D for k-12 achievement, and an F for school spending.   The usually respected newspaper...

The Death and Life of the Great American School System              Educational historian Diane Ravitch will make a presentation in Sacr...