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Occupy Education vs Gates Foundation: Policy Throwdown!
student_debt_who_profits.jpg by Jesse Hagopian The direct ancestors of today’s high stakes tests were “designed by racist pseudoscientists of the early 20th century” to “prove that whites born in the...
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Diane Ravitch: Charters, Privatization, and How Obama's Race To The Top is...
diane_ravitch_karen_lewis.jpgA Media Matters Interview by Dr. Robert McChesney Diane Ravitch, a former Clinton and Bush advisor, ex-charter school, voucher and No Child Left Behind supporter explains...
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Why Isn't Closing 40 Philadelphia Public Schools National News? Where Is the...
dont-privatize-philly-schools.jpgBy BAR managing editor Bruce A. DixonIf some racist made an inappropriate remark about the First Lady or her children our national "civil rights leaders" Obama fans all...
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Charters Have Nothing to do With Community Control of Schools
blk_school_children.jpg A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen FordCharter school advocates are among the biggest scam artists in politics. They use the language of community control to transfer...
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What Obama Has Wrought
barack_michelle.jpg by BAR executive editor Glen FordThe meticulously scripted spectacles of the two corporate party conventions are very poor backdrops for clear thinking – but luckily, the ordeals...
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prn_montage_20120912.jpg Arne Duncan an “Absolute Disaster” for Black ChildrenPresident Obama’s Race to the Top “has been an extension of, and even worse than,” President Bush’s public schools program,...
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Chicago School Strike is Against Obama “Race To The Top” Agenda of School...
chicago_teachers_strike.jpgby BAR managing editor Bruce A. DixonPolls say that most Chicagoans support the striking teachers. Mitt Romney says he supports Rahm Emanuel. But why do so many who say they...
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BlackAgendaRadio_AlbumArt.jpg Chicago Teachers First to Stand Up to Obama School Policies“This is the first time that a teachers union stood up to the privatization of the Obama administration, stood...
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BA Radio on the Progressive Radio Network, with Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey –...
20130206_prn-montage.jpgObama's "Race to the Top" is racist;Ras Baraka for Mayor of Newark;Anniversary of Trayvon Martin's death;Students Against Mass Incarceration announce Conference on Criminal...
View ArticleBlack Agenda TV – Season 1, Episode 2
by Black Agenda Report & BW Moving ImagesIn this edition of Black Agenda TVBlack America and the Genocide in Congo; African Americans have not used their political clout to stop the killing.Obama’s...
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BlackAgendaRadio_AlbumArt.jpgHigh Stakes Testing Makes Cheating InevitableOver the last four years, standardized test cheating cases have been confirmed “in 37 states and the District of Columbia, and...
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Why Obama Will Walk Away Unscathed by the Current Political Scandals
ObamaBlackHat.jpgby Pascal RobertDon’t worry about Barack Obama. He’s far too useful to the rulers of America to be derailed by scandal, or even a combination of scandals. “Obama’s neoliberal...
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One Year After Chicago Closes 50 Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union...
stop_school_closings.jpgA Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. DixonA couple years ago, we at Black Agenda Report wondered why the closings of 40 public schools over three...
View ArticleObama's Race To The Top Drives Nationwide Wave of School Closings, Teacher...
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. DixonAmong Obama supporters, the gap between popular perceptions of the president's policies and the actual content of those policies is nowhere wider than in public...
View ArticleIs Democrats For Public Education Just a Toothless, Cynical Sound Byte?
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. DixonLast month the DNC's Donna Brazile announced the formation of Democrats For Public Education. But with their own Democratic...
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