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Topic: education policy

A student filling out a testing sheet (Getty Images)

Don't treat schools like big biz

Lee-Anne Gray
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Choosing between pay raises and charters

Jeff Bryant - Independent Media Institute
Mike Benson, of Thirkell Elementary, holds up a sign as Detroit Public School teachers demonstrate in front of the Capitol Thursday morning, April 30, 2015, in Lansing, Mich.(Dale G Young/Detroit News via AP) (AP)

America’s schools are crumbling

Michael Addonizio - The Conversation
Betsy DeVos (AP/Alex Brandon)

Education may propel the Blue Wave

Jeff Bryant - Independent Media Institute

Corporal punishment continues in schools

Eleanor J. Bader - Truthout
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Why schools don't meet children's needs

Marion Brady - Alternet
Betsy DeVos (AP/Alex Brandon)

DeVos's contempt for education

Mark Hlavacik - The Conversation
(AP/Nam Y. Huh)

It’s still all about education

Shaun M. Dougherty - The Conversation
(Getty/Highwaystarz-Photography)

The private school myth

Jack Schneider
(Getty/FatCamera)

School segregation — it's back

Amanda Marcotte
(Michelle Lepianka Carter/The Tuscaloosa News via AP)

student loans destroy us

Binta Baxter - Alternet

Class dismissed

Video produced by Kevin Carlin
President-elect Donald J. Trump greets Betsy DeVos, his choice for education secretary, during his "USA Thank You Tour" at the DeltaPlex in Walker, Mich., Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press-MLive.com via AP) (AP)

Jeff Bryant - Alternet
FILE - This Oct. 8, 2014, file photo shows Republican Governor of Maine, Paul LePage, center, making a face after taking the stage to debate other gubernatorial candidates in Portland, Maine. To some in Maine LePage is hot-headed and divisive. Others consider his unconventional approach to governing a breath of fresh air. In a tight three-way race for governor marked by fights over welfare, health care and jobs, the core question often focuses on LePage's abrasive leadership style. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) (AP)

Christine Jun
(AP/Reuters/Brian Snyder/Gretchen Ertl/Yuri Gripas)

Stop scapegoating teachers

Jess Burnquist
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PATRIK JONSSON - Christian Science Monitor
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