Education in the US
Kentucky bill targets teachers for student achievement
By Ryan Rahilly, February 11, 2012
A Kentucky teacher explains the implications of legislation that will evaluate teachers based on student achievement.
Detroit schools manager names schools to close this fall
By James Brewer, February 10, 2012
Sixteen Detroit school buildings were listed for closure this fall by the Detroit Public Schools emergency manager.
Dr. Michael Barbour, distance education specialist
“Full-time online learning is actually detrimental to student success”
February 8, 2012
Dr. Michael Barbour, assistant professor in Instructional Technology at Wayne State University in Detroit, spoke to the WSWS about online education.
Venture capital explodes into the US education market
By Nancy Hanover, February 8, 2012
The Obama administration’s education initiatives have been extraordinarily successful—not as measured by student achievement, but as tallied on Wall Street by the flow of venture capital.
New York City teachers, students and parents oppose school “overhauls” and closures
By Steve Light and Sandy English, February 7, 2012
New York City's billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg will “overhaul” 33 schools and phase out another 18.
Obama pushes community colleges to serve corporate America
By Charles Bogle, February 7, 2012
As part of its effort to tailor higher education more closely to the needs of corporate America, the Obama administration is pushing four-year colleges to drop remedial education.
Emergency manager announces school closure in Highland Park, Michigan
By Shannon Jones, February 1, 2012
Parents and staff at Barber Focus School learned Monday that it will be shut down within a week. The announcement followed within hours the appointment of an emergency financial manager to run the district.
Obama outlines plan to put higher education on rations
By Shannon Jones, January 28, 2012
President Obama’s proposed changes to federal financial aid programs set the stage for further attacks on the right to quality higher education.
Police repress protest against tuition hikes at UC Riverside
By Juan Verala Luz, January 24, 2012
Two people were arrested, and police used pellets and batons against a protest last week in Riverside, California.
Washington state schools, teachers under fire
By Christine Schofelt, January 21, 2012
Several bills introduced by the Washington state Legislature threaten to destabilize the already ailing public education system.
Michigan gives green light for charter school expansion
By Nancy Hanover, January 18, 2012
In another broadside attack on public education, Republican Michigan governor Rick Snyder signed into law a bill raising the cap on university-sponsored charter schools.
LA schools agreement to give unions greater role in imposing cuts
By David Brown and Dan Conway, January 11, 2012
The Los Angeles Unified School District, with the support of the teachers’ union, has enacted a plan that would bypass traditional job protections in the name of giving more autonomy to local schools.
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