From The Atlantic, how education policy went astray: Half a century ago, President Johnson signed a law — now known as No Child Left Behind — that he believed would solve inequality, but achievement gaps have only grown. Issie lapowsky goes inside the school Silicon Valley thinks will save education. George Joseph on how 9 billionaires are about to remake New York’s public schools. Why we put our kids in public school: Jessica Gregg on the case against private education. When a wildlife rehab center regulates charter schools: Marian Wang goes inside the wild world of charter regulation. Emma Brown on how inequitable school funding is called “one of the sleeper civil rights issues of our time”. Thandeka K. Chapman (UCSD) and Jamel K. Donnor (William and Mary): Critical Race Theory and the Proliferation of U.S. Charter Schools. Matt Bruenig on why charter schools won’t solve segregation. Corey Robin on the 1 percent’s white privilege con: Elites hold “conversations” about race, while resegregating our schools. Is desegregation dead? San Francisco gives parents a say in where their children go to school — and that is leading to less diversity. Is neighborhood-based education liberal? Jonathan Chait wonders. Edutopia: Megan Erickson on how education is not a design problem with a technical solution — it’s a social and political project neoliberals want to innovate away. Casey Quinlan on what would actually happen if Rand Paul eliminated the Department of Education.
