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Albert Shanker

President of American Federation of Teachers

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Exterior of Capital City Public Charter School in Northwest Washington, D.C.

Organized Teachers Dreamed Up Charter Schools — But Their Vision Got Hijacked

Finally embracing teachers' original vision could help us rethink education after covid.

by Jon Hale via Made By History on August 25, 2021

Cars in the rubble of a burned out building in New York in the 1970s.

Fiscal Fright in NYC

A review of Kim Phillips-Fein’s "Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics."

by Michael R. Glass via The Metropole on May 15, 2019

The Return of Teacher Power

We've all heard about Black Power, but what about Teacher Power–a teachers' rights movement recently reawakened?

by Jody Noll via HNN on September 2, 2018

A JDL ad from the New York Times.

False Prophet

Meir Kahane's legacy in Israel and America.

by John Ganz via Unpopular Front on May 10, 2024

President Bill Clinton laughs after delivering remarks on welfare reform.

How the Democrats Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Free Market

In the 1990s, the New Democrats trusted corporations to do the right thing. The results were disastrous.

by Maia Silber via Jacobin on July 18, 2022

Ruby Bridges

Is the Public Education That Ruby Bridges Fought to Integrate a Relic of the Past?

Once a symbol of desegregation, Ruby Bridges’ school now reflects another battle engulfing public education.

by Connie L. Schaffer, Martha Graham Viator, Meg White via The Conversation on November 13, 2020

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