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“[W]hen teachers aren’t unionized, they’re exploited — and when teachers suffer, so do kids.” — Florina Rodov This amazing piece by Florin...

Nine years ago the Southern California Immigration Coalition (SCIC), Brown Berets, Union del Barrio, and others organized a protest agains...

This short essay was originally published on The Daily Censored on August 11, 2011 . It would seem that all of the old works on that site a...

“[C]harter schools with privately appointed boards do not represent the public but make decisions about how public funds are spent…” — NAACP...

Allen: On board with ALEC It’s general knowledge that Center for Education Reform (CER), and its CEO Jeanne Allen, are extremely right-w...

Legal scholar Robert D. Skeels gave a twenty minute talk on criminal defendant Refugio “Ref” Rodriguez of the California Charter Schools A...

Corporate charter school mogul Refugio “Ref” Rodriguez has been in the news lately. First, for his being elected President of the Los Ange...

First published on Schools Matter on August 29, 2017 It’s a tale of white fragility and fear, really.— Imani Gandy These two racist...

Angela Duckworth and her "academic" mentor Martin Seligman helped develop torture models that the CIA uses in places like Iraq. ...

Remediation costs from charter high school “graduates” getting into college, but not having basic proficiency are astronomical both in ter...

Senator Bernie Sanders stands against right-wing privatizers like Melvoin. Sanders endorses Padilla and Zimmer for LAUSD. https://charter...

First published on Schools Matter on May 13, 2017 "Melvoin’s people are not ordinary constituents passing daily through LAUSD’...

Charters and vouchers have always been intended to break public schools, and wrest education away from the public commons. "School choi...

Network for Public Education (NPE) is helping to support California Senate Bill 808. The legislation, while it doesn't go far enough,...

  H —  yes | Despite the fact that the reactionaries at the billionaire funded United Way of Greater Los Angeles supported it. Mayor ...

First published on Schools Matter on February 20, 2017 “PLEASE don’t forward this email. simply state it in your own words.”— Yolie Fl...

This video is brilliant. If we wait for fascists like Richard Spencer to herd us into concentration camps, then it's too late to punch...

A tangible way to fight Betsy DeVos' reactionary #EdReform agenda? Vote @imeldaschools @lausd_zimmer @ChangeTheLAUSD & @EDreport...

First published on Schools Matter on December 13, 2016 “Monica Garcia believes in… choice… She expanded charter schools” — Michael R. ...