The latest poll numbers are in and they don’t bode well for public education. Support for charter public schools, while still predominantly favorable, eroded, while net support for vouchers grew in the latest Education Next poll. Concerted attacks on charters have been moderately successful, and in some cases the charter sector itself has been its…
School Choice
Beyond Sanctuary Schools. Más Allá De Las Escuelas Santuarios.
Sigue abajo para leerlo en español Mirella Rangel grew up in the Bay Area and in Mexico and began doing community organizing for educational justice while studying biology at the University of California at Berkeley. She is an Oaklander and Xicana mother working for a more just, loving, and sustainable world. Follow her on Twitter:…
2 Things the NAACP Got Right on Charter Schools
While I think there is a lot wrong with the NAACP’s look at charters, they did get two things right. One is a substantive policy that we should take up, and the other is more of an admission that hopefully will lead us to a better conversation and meaningful action. First, let’s look at the…
The Continuing Fight for the Soul of the NAACP
The NAACP was born from a marriage of convenience that has never been reconciled. White liberals and Black liberationists, like W.E.B. Du Bois, had very different visions of the role of the organization and its tactics. Those schisms are still playing out today in efforts like the misguided charter school resolution released this week. But…
A History Lesson for Randi on Black Education in America
America’s system of education was built for racial dominance. Anyone who actually studies history knows that. So it was curious to read the Times article “Teachers Union Chief; School Choice Rooted in Segregation” this week, where AFT president Randi Weingarten singled out “school choice” for its purported racist roots, when a more accurate title really…