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School Privatization Fraud: Michelle Rhee May Yet Join Beverly Hall in the Dock
10 Apr 2013
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford “Michelle Rhee may yet pay for her the damage she has inflicted on society and its children.” The former DC schools superintendent and…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Why Was Atlanta's Beverly Hall Indicted For Racketeering While Michelle Rhee Won't Be?
03 Apr 2013
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Atlanta's black former school superintendent and 34 other black teachers and administrators have been indicted for “racketeering” in a cheating scandal. Why aren…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Why Isn't Closing 129 Chicago Public Schools National News?
27 Feb 2013
It's an obvious question, with an easy answer. Our nation's bipartisan political elite have decided to privatize public education. They know the only way they can execute this deeply unpopular policy…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Seattle Teachers Boycott of Unfair & Unnecessary High Stakes Tests Spreads to Second High School
30 Jan 2013
Teachers in Seattle are standing up to the high stakes testing regime and refusing to administer an unnecessary test. Students and parents have lined up to support them, and the boycott has already…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Chicago Teachers Gear Up for a Fight
13 Jun 2012
The Chicago Teachers Union has gotten permission from its membership to strike.
Dr. Robert McChesney , Diane Ravitch
Diane Ravitch: Charters, Privatization, and How Obama's Race To The Top is Really a Race To The Bottom
11 Apr 2012
A Media Matters Interview by Dr. Robert McChesney Diane Ravitch, a former Clinton and Bush advisor, ex-charter school, voucher and No Child Left Behind supporter explains the evidence that changed…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Chicago Teachers Wise Up to Obama School Privatizations
16 Jun 2010
Reformists won control of the teachers union in the town where Barack Obama became a fan of corporate schooling: Chicago.