Leila Hooshyar and Tara Madhav Discuss the Changing Debate Around Charter Schools within the Democratic Party
Tag: Betsy DeVos
Rewriting Title IX: A New Chapter in California’s Schools
In 1972 Congress passed Title IX, a sweeping policy of the Education Amendments that protects students from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. Title IX was, and still is, monumental legislation for the protection of women on college campuses: it mandates, among other things, the creation and […]
Make Education Great Again
How politics and campaign funding affects the future of school reform “If confirmed, will you insist upon that equal accountability in any K-12 school or educational program that receives federal funding whether public, public charter, or private?” asked Senator Tim Kaine. “I support accountability,” replied Education Secretary nominee Betsy Devos. “Equal accountability for all schools […]
The Military-Industrial Kleptocracy
The Growth of the Military-Industrial Complex Under Trump President Dwight Eisenhower’s foreign policy was an ode to interventionism. Eisenhower began the escalation of U.S. presence in Vietnam, toppled governments from Iran to Guatemala to Thailand and elsewhere, extending U.S. military involvement across multiple continents. Yet Eisenhower warned, “we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted […]
The New Resistance
La Resistenza, or the Resistance, were a loose coalition of self-described Italian freedom fighters during late World War II. They fought the occupying Nazi army and the remainder of Mussolini’s Fascists in any way possible. This ragtag group—rogue journalists who published dissenting articles, partisans conducting guerilla ambushes, and communists who spoke out openly, just to […]