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New Orleans's Charter School Experiment Is a Preview of the Coming Battle Over Education
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans's struggling public school system was dismantled and replaced mostly by charter schools—and what happened next shows the benefits and perils of other cities following suit.
The High Cost of Youth Development
A new basketball training device shows the potential that technology can have on youth development. But does the high cost of these types of gadgets make them inaccessible for lower income kids?
Did a Los Angeles Teacher Lose His Job over a Jokey Poem About Underwear?
Daniel Yoo, a popular teacher at Ánimo Venice Charter High School, was suspended last month, and nearly 600 students walked out in protest of what they think is a poetry-related incident.
When It Comes To Climate Science, Texas Textbooks Just Got A Lot More Accurate
The state's top education board voted to approve textbooks that say humans are responsible for climate change, bowing to several months of public pressure from scientists and education advocates.
This Teen Wants to Abolish School as We Know It
Modern schools are like prisons, stifling children's creativity and destroying their will to learn. This 19-year-old, who's already written two books on the subject, says we should get rid of them.
Rahm Emanuel's Gun-of-the-Month Club Is Not Going to Help Chicago
New gun-control legislation from Chicago's mayor is attempting to address a crisis — the fact that he could lose the next election.
The Free Market Isn't Very Good at Running Schools
As parents and students in Chicago have discovered, closing public schools in favor of charter schools isn't solving educational woes.
New York City Politics Is Still a Bunch of Warring Ethnic Tribes
Bill de Blasio is having a rough time navigating the messy reality of transactional politics in the five boroughs.