How Teach for America Helped Set Up James Talarico’s Political Rise
The prestigious education group is more than a shiny résumé item. For the Democratic Senate candidate, it was an incubator for his rapid political ascent.
Education
Pawns in the Voucher Scheme
Texas legislators seem to be following Arizona’s playbook by exploiting vulnerable students in the latest efforts to privatize public schools.
Strangest State: Petty Drama, Electric Trucks and Hungry Bears
Fighting with your ex- in city council chambers? Ursine invaders with a taste for tacos? Just another day in far-flung Texas.
Catastrophe #88: The Texas Legislature Returns for a Brutal Year
What lawmakers should do to mitigate the state's cascading crises, and what they are liable to do instead.
Texas Wants to Save Community Colleges From Sinking
State lawmakers are considering new ways to fund schools that historically have given more students a chance to succeed beyond high school.
Course Corrections: The Return of Prison Education
Federal grants are rebooting higher education behind bars, but the benefits aren't evenly distributed to all of the incarcerated.
Poem: Uvalde
"Instead, Uvalde will mean something else to you. It won’t feel like a creek-polished stone when you say it."
Teachers Don’t Want Guns in Their Classrooms
Report shows school employees do not support arming staff.
Right-Wingers Gain Ground in Texas School Board Elections
Anti-“critical race theory” crusaders picked up seats in May elections around the state as part of a nationwide movement.
DISRUPT, DEPLETE, DESTROY
The GOP’s 25-year-old playbook to kill the public school once and for all.