More School Districts Suing States For Education Funding

By Tim Walker In a 1973 landmark decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled that education was not a Constitutional right. The case was San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez and was brought by a group of parents who believed the state’s acceptance of huge funding gaps between rich and poor violated the Equal [...]

5 Reasons You Should Care About ‘Sequestration’

By Mary Kusler, government relations director of the National Education Association. Sequestration. What does this word even mean? Starting in January, there will be $1.2 trillion in across-the-board spending cuts (sequestration) over 10 years to reduce the deficit. This is on top of $1.5 trillion in cuts that have already happened. Cuts are split equally between [...]

An un-dynamic duo: Romney announces Ryan as VP pick

By Amanda Litvinov High profile couplings often make one stop and wonder: What do these two see in each other? But there’s little mystery in the case of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his vice presidential pick, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, which was announced earlier today. The two have a lot in common when [...]

No Education Reform Without Tackling Poverty, Experts Say

By Robert McNeely If many so-called education reformers really want to close the student achievement gap, they should direct their fire away from public school educators and take aim at the real issue—poverty. This was the consensus of a panel of policy advocates and academics that convened recently on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. to [...]

Report: The Opportunity Gap in Education Is Growing

By Tim Walker Students who live in disadvantaged areas should have access to the supports and resources they need to have a decent shot at a quality education. But the reality is much different. According to A Rotting Apple: Education Redlining in New York City by the Schott Foundation for Public Education, students of color who [...]

NEA Takes On Corporate Tax Loopholes

By Tim Walker As the deadline approaches for Americans to file their taxes, a significant portion of profitable corporations may not pay a dime. The reason? Corporate tax loopholes. Through a new campaign, the National Education Association is exposing the true cost of corporate tax loopholes…a shrinking middle class and the erosion of critical services, [...]

What Does High-Quality Early Childhood Education Look Like?

By Mary Ellen Flannery Some children arrive in kindergarten classrooms and they don’t recognize their own names above the coat hook. They struggle to hold a pair of scissors. They’re not sure how to flip the pages of a book. The sad truth is these children, born into poverty and deprived of a high-quality early [...]

How Corporate Tax Loopholes Defund the American Dream

By Amanda Litvinov and Dwight Holmes As more middle class Americans than ever before wring their weary hands over whether to pay down their student loans or make their next mortgage payment, corporations are also experiencing a history-making moment. They’re sitting on record profits, and are taxed at historically low rates. Between 2001 and 2010, [...]

Devastating Education Cuts Leave Trail of Consequences Across Pennsylvania

By Kevin Hart When cuts are deep enough, they can leave ugly scars. That’s the lesson being learned across Pennsylvania this year, as some of the state’s poorest districts try to cope with $860 million in funding cuts advanced by Governor Tom Corbett – cuts educators say are causing serious and permanent harm to the [...]

President Obama’s Budget Calls for Big Investment in Education

By Felix Perez Building on his top priority to boost the middle class and promote economic fairness, President Obama made clear in his Fy2013 budget that high-quality education is absolutely critical to rebuilding our economy and that a strengthened American workforce requires that we continue to invest in education. The President’s emphasis on education is [...]

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