Education: The Great Obsession
July 1, 2011
We are reprinting this essay by Grace Lee Boggs from the September 1970 issue of Monthly Review with only slight editing because of the historical perspective it offers and what… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Education
Another Education Is Happening
July 1, 2011
The mainstream media has created the myth that community people are waiting for Superman, the White House, or state-appointed Emergency Financial Managers to resolve the escalating crises in our schools…. READ MORE
2. Lessons from the New Corporate Schooling
July 1, 2011
As the articles in this section indicate, the new corporate schooling in the United States combines many of the worst aspects of capitalist schooling in a period of economic stagnation,… READ MORE
Testing, Privatization, and the Future of Public Schooling
July 1, 2011
“An Assessor” is a researcher and activist who has made extensive studies of education and testing, as well as national and international struggles for social change. Standardized testing occupies a… READ MORE
Militarism and Education Normal
July 1, 2011
Erica R. Meiners (e-meiners [at] neiu.edu) teaches courses in gender and women’s studies at the College of Education at Northeastern Illinois University, and works toward prison abolition. She is the… READ MORE
Reflections on the Racial Web of Discipline
July 1, 2011
Crystal T. Laura (ctlaura2 [at] gmail.com) researches, teaches, and organizes in Chicago to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline for youth everywhere. Her first book, Being Bad: My Baby Brother and the… READ MORE
The Culture of Poverty Reloaded
July 1, 2011
Monique Redeaux (mredea1 [at] gmail.com) has been a middle school teacher on the west side of Chicago since 2005. She recently received her doctorate from the University of Illinois at… READ MORE
Inclusive Education, High Stakes Testing and Capitalist Schooling
July 1, 2011
Mara Sapon-Shevin (msaponsh [at]syr.edu) is Professor of Inclusive Education, and faculty member in Disabilities Studies, Women’s Studies, Programs in the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts, School of Education, Syracuse University…. READ MORE
Freedom’s Struggle and Freedom Schools
July 1, 2011
Charles Cobb, Jr. (ccobbjr [at] bellsouth.net), a SNCC veteran, is a journalist and visiting professor at Brown University. His latest book is On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour… READ MORE