Test Mania: Preparing Students for Life Under Modern Capitalism
The psychologist Bill Livant has remarked, “When a liberal sees a beggar, he says the system isn’t working. When…
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Privatization
Education as a Commodity: Chile Seeks to Break with a Dictator’s Legacy
In late January, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed into law the most significant educational reform the country has seen…
As the struggle against corporate school deform heats up in Seattle with the teacher boycott of the MAP test,…
Privatization of the “Democratic” Process, or Decision 2010?
For all the anger and intensity of feeling on display, this election will turn on money. An enormous tsunami…
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO—In 1934, the year of the largest sugarcane workers’ strike in Puerto Rican history, Antonio S.…
City Workers Face Costly HIP Replacement
Cranes fall. Billion-dollar corporate giveaways are negotiated behind closed doors. Greedy politicians and executives seek to dismember a not-for-profit…
This article is part 2 of 3 in the Carving Up New York series, please see part 1 and…
This article is part 3 of 3 in the Carving Up New York series, please also see part 1…