Jennifer C. Berkshire

Was there ever a time when American schools weren’t bound up with the economy?

This isn’t the first time the Department of Education has been stripped for parts.

Today’s advocates for “classical Christian education” don’t seem have any historical knowledge.

School privatization has cleared the way for activists to impose their conservative Christian social vision.

The problem is that the Democrats have little to offer that’s markedly different from what DeVos is selling.

I’d traveled to this western Michigan hub of sanctified commerce to learn more about Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s pick to be the top education official in the land. DeVos, the name of the family that founded the multi-level marketing behemoth known as Amway, is almost ...

Jeb Bush’s annual education summit has barely begun, but already the scholarship window at the Sheraton Boston is doing a brisk business. It’s an early morning in October, and elected officials are lined up outside of the space that usually serves as the hotel coatroom. They ...