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Open letter to Sec. Arne Duncan |
May 2013
We released this open letter on the occasion of US Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s visit to...
Déjà Vu. Again. |
Jun 2022
Most likely, Coach ends up on the floor, bleeding out from the terrifying damage these weapons...
Clear thinking about: Running public schools "like a business" |
May 2010
One of the things we hear over and over are calls to run our public schools "like a business." The...
While the overall spending level of the House and Senate budgets appears to be the same, the documents represent radically different priorities for funding public schools. The Senate bill reflects the work done by members of both parties over the last few legislative sessions, but with certain tweaks which reflect the priorities of the Senate Democratic majority. The House bill, in contrast, is a radical departure from the shape education budget bills have had for over a decade and reflects - sometimes openly, sometimes obscurely - the priorities of the House GOP majority. 