Naught for Teacher
School privatization has cleared the way for activists to impose their conservative Christian social vision.
Jennifer C. Berkshire
Jennifer C. Berkshire writes about education and politics for The Nation, The New Republic, The Baffler, the New York Times, and other publications. Her book The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual (with Jack Schneider) will be out in June.
How Education Reform Ate the Democratic Party
November 17, 2017
The problem is that the Democrats have little to offer that’s markedly different from what DeVos is selling.
Holy Warriors Against the Welfare State
February 6, 2017
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 ...
JebFest: The Education Miracle That Isn’t
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 ...