Topic: Public Education

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott takes the stage on the second day of the 2026 Republican National Midterm Convention on Sept. 10, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Who really controls Greg Abbott?

Amanda Marcotte
There is often a gap between educational idealism and the hyper-competitive reality of schooling. (Getty Images)

Wanting the best school for your kid

Alex Galbraith
The Republicans' new Education Freedom Tax Credit will siphon money away from public schools that most need it (Celal Güne/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Private school on the public's dime

Glenn Sacks
First Lady Melania Trump is accompanied at the White House by Figure 03, a humanoid robot during the Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Why MAGA fears human teachers

Amanda Marcotte
Texas librarians have been on the front lines in fighting back against book bans organized by Moms for Liberty (Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Texas Democrat won because of book bans

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump opens up new war on public schools

Amanda Marcotte
Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks at a campaign rally at Liberty High School on July 30, 2024 in Henderson, Nevada. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

JD Vance should know better

Dr. Jennifer L. Steele
Chicago Mayor-Elect Brandon Johnson speaks to the press after a meeting in the governor's office on April 07, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Republicans' war on teachers backfires

Randi Weingarten, Stacy Davis Gates
Low Section Of Schoolgirl Walking On Footpath (Getty Images / kyoko kiyama / EyeEm)

Can SCOTUS force girls to wear skirts?

Amanda Marcotte
Rear view of large group of students raising their hands to answer the question on a class at elementary school. (Getty Images)

Can your school tell you what to wear?

Brian Boggs - The Conversation
Laura Ingraham (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Ingraham ups call to "defund" education

Amanda Marcotte
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

When Roe goes, so go public schools?

Amanda Marcotte
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

GOP's war on education starts with math

Amanda Marcotte
Candace Owens speaks at the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Owens' off the rails CPAC rant

Kathryn Joyce
Ron DeSantis | People demonstrate with placards at an emergency meeting of the Brevard County, Florida School Board in Viera to discuss whether face masks in local schools should be mandatory. An executive order signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis banning mask mandates in schools was thrown out by a Florida judge on Friday. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The GOP's new "don't say gay" strategy

Amanda Marcotte
A parent sits in the gallery before the Placentia Yorba Linda School Board discusses a proposed resolution to ban teaching critical race theory in schools. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

WATCH: Black lawmakers stage walkout

Brad Reed - Raw Story
Kindergarten class recite the Pledge of Allegiance | American civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968) and his wife Coretta Scott King lead a march down the center of a street, 1960s (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How classrooms became a battlefield

Amanda Marcotte
A parent sits in the gallery before the Placentia Yorba Linda School Board discusses a proposed resolution to ban teaching critical race theory in schools. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Let's talk about the critical race facts

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Charles and David Koch (aka the Koch Brothers) and the January 6, 2021 Riot on the US Capitol (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Nancy MacLean: The far right had a plan

Chauncey DeVega
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos attends an event hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump with students, teachers and administrators about how to safely re-open schools during the novel coronavirus pandemic in the East Room at the White House July 07, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Betsy DeVos and the politics of fear

Adam Laats
US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos (Getty/Mandel Ngan)

DeVos: COVID is a good thing for schools

Lisa Newcomb - Common Dreams
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

DeVos charity funds her right-wing fans

Igor Derysh
Betsy DeVos (AP/Susan Walsh)

Betsy DeVos’s formula for success

Bryan Alexander - The Conversation
An empty classroom (Getty/ martinedoucet)

Our worst year yet, at the best schools

Teru Clavel
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