Public Education

Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 12:00 AM UTC

“The Revisionaries”: Texas schoolbook battle — crazier than you thought!

An alarming, hilarious documentary revisits the Tea Party-fueled fight over evolution and Obama in school textbooks

Andrew O'Hehir 110 Topics: Textbooks, Public Education, Education, Documentaries, Texas, Movies, The Revisionaries

Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 3:30 PM UTC

“Brooklyn Castle”: An inner-city school where chess legends are made

A corrective to "Won't Back Down," this doc about tween chess champs proves public schools may not be hopeless

Andrew O'Hehir Topics: public schools, Public Education, African Americans, schools, Our Picks: Movies, Our Picks, Education, Documentaries, Movies, chess

Monday, Sep 17, 2012 12:53 PM UTC

Chicago teacher strike enters its second week

Teachers will meet again on Tuesday to consider a settlement that was drafted over the weekend

Sophia Tareen, AP Topics: From the Wires, Chicago Teachers Strike, Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Education, Public Education, Teachers Unions, Unions

Saturday, Sep 15, 2012 7:00 PM UTC

Teaching ate me alive

Angry students, selfish parents, incompetent administrators. Was I too smart for a public classroom -- or too dumb?

Peter Hirzel 81 Topics: Education, Life stories, Public Education, public schools, teaching, Editor's Picks

Wednesday, Sep 12, 2012 5:39 PM UTC

Four key Chicago teachers’ strike questions

The most pressing queries to consider when pondering the Windy City showdown

David Sirota 12 Topics: Chicago Teachers Strike, Chicago, Education, Public Education, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama

Wednesday, Sep 5, 2012 11:45 AM UTC

Teachers aren’t the problem

Our schools and politicians are failing poor kids for many reasons -- and the current debate ignores them all

Paul Tough 18 Topics: Education, Public Education, Paul Tough, Teachers, Unions

Sunday, Aug 26, 2012 4:43 PM UTC

Grade school in the inner city

A daughter of immigrants tries to get an education

Jonathan Kozol Topics: Books, Education, Memoir, Poverty, Public Education, Writers and Writing

Wednesday, Aug 1, 2012 3:40 PM UTC

Education reform’s central myths

The education debate rests on two faulty premises: that public schools are failures, and choice is the solution

Michael Lind 28 Topics: Education, Public Education, School Choice, Vouchers, South Korea, Finland

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“The Revisionaries”: Texas schoolbook battle — crazier than you thought!

Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 3:30 PM UTC

“Brooklyn Castle”: An inner-city school where chess legends are made

Monday, Sep 17, 2012 12:53 PM UTC

Chicago teacher strike enters its second week

Saturday, Sep 15, 2012 7:00 PM UTC

Teaching ate me alive

Wednesday, Sep 12, 2012 5:39 PM UTC

Four key Chicago teachers’ strike questions

Wednesday, Sep 5, 2012 11:45 AM UTC

Teachers aren’t the problem

Sunday, Aug 26, 2012 4:43 PM UTC

Grade school in the inner city

Wednesday, Aug 1, 2012 3:40 PM UTC

Education reform’s central myths

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