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Teacher protests and strikes

Los Angeles Teachers Achieve Major Gains in Week-Long Strike

By Steve Dubb | January 23, 2019

A new contract for Los Angeles teachers provides limited wage increases, but teachers made headway in areas where they said they needed support, including smaller class sizes and an increase in the number of librarians and nurses. A shift in city focus away from expanding charter schools is a likely strike result too.

Nonprofit News

One More Reason Billionaires Might Want to Exit Education Philanthropy

By Martin Levine | November 2, 2018

Education philanthropy has been fraught with challenges, much of it a result of the way philanthropists give.

public education

Why Un-fund a Proven Program? The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Fiasco

By Carole Levine | October 31, 2018

While the notion of the Trump Administration standing firm on an abstinence-only agenda may seem absurd, the stance has become important as a part of a cultural platform and, apparently, a way to get back at political foes.

high school students

College Board Restores 250 Years to World History, but Much Is Still Missing

By Steve Dubb | July 24, 2018

In a partial concession to critics, the nonprofit College Board agrees to create an advanced placement world history curriculum that starts in 1200, rather than 1450. This still excises well over 8,000 years of history from the world history curriculum that had been in place since 2002.

Nonprofit News

The New Balancing Act of Our Public Schools

By Martin Levine | May 16, 2018

A recent look at public education in Oakland raises important questions about whether maximizing choice comes at the cost of equity.

Koch brothers

Public Education in Koch Network’s Sights

By Martin Levine | February 1, 2018

The Koch Network goes beyond charter schools to advocate family-based customized learning. The concept, if fully implemented, threatens to harm the nation’s social fabric by displacing public schools and the common civic grounding they provide.

nonprofit limited liability corporations

On to Education—Chan Zuckerberg’s Next Investment

By Martin Levine | July 6, 2017

Can the public good be advanced privately? CZI says yes, just trust us.

public education

The Sinking of Public Higher Ed and the Tragedy of the Commons

By Noreen Ohlrich | January 20, 2017

Is state funding for universities a victim of globalization since fewer graduates “stay local?” A professor points the way to a renewed shared public responsibility for higher education.

Nonprofit News

Parental Choice versus Public Policy in Education

By Martin Levine | July 11, 2016

When it comes to education, do we really want the marketplace to make policy?

Nonprofit News

Walton Family Foundation Commits Additional $250 Million to Charter Education

By Martin Levine | June 30, 2016

The country’s uncertain experiment in charter schools gets a $250 million boost from a major foundation, while traditional public education struggles for needed funds.

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