Zane C. Wubbena (Texas State): The Theoretical Contradiction of Charter Schooling for Social Justice. Kevin Murray (Northeastern): At What Cost? The Charter School Model and the Human Right to Education. Michael B. Gilbert reviews School Sucks! Arguments for Alternative Education. Jason Tanz on the techies who are hacking education by homeschooling their kids (and more). What's the value of single-sex schools? Livia Gershon investigates. Lyndsey Layton on how the majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty. When public schools get more money, students do better (and more). Robert Gordon and Sara Mead on how to fix Head Start: It works better than you've heard, but it still needs reform. Is prekindergarten for all actually the solution for closing the achievement gap? Alia Wong on the case against universal preschool. Forget universal preschool — we need a 13th grade. Livia Gershon on a series about Common Core (in 4 parts). Testing time: Alec MacGillis on Jeb Bush’s educational experiment. Anya Kamenetz on how we’re testing children on the wrong things. An Oklahoma bill banning AP US History would make students study the Ten Commandments and 3 speeches by Reagan. Jonathan Zimmerman on how the Oklahoma A.P. test controversy masks the real scandal of American history education. Emily Eckart on how we’re way too obsessed with pushing science and math on our kids — don't ignore the value of the humanities.
