The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2021

For four years, opponents of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos deplored her private school priorities, so it was hardly expected she’d be hailed as a hero for a sudden epiphany disassociating herself from President Donald Trump and resigning. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images. Pringle struck an optimistic note, though. “We

Advocacy 129

Advocacy Education Private School Human Rights 129

Anthropology News

JULY 17, 2024

Black youth experiences at a progressive low-fee private school in a postapartheid city illuminate the politics and limits of aspiration. Founded in 2004, Launch is a network of eight low-fee private schools serving grades eight through twelve across four of South Africa’s nine provinces.

Pedagogy 72

Pedagogy Anthropology Geography Private School 72

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

The city itself has had a scrappy commitment to existence in its 123-year history, surviving the boom and bust of the timber industry that first gave it life and weathering the 21st century with a fairly steady population of about 2,500. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing on corporal punishment in schools.

Elementary School 144

Elementary School Government Public School Human Rights 144

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Cozying up to dictators who commit human rights violations. A Department of Education that favors the 10 percent of students in private schools over the 90 percent in public schools. Gassing (and worse) of peaceful protesters exercising their First Amendment rights. Alienating our global allies.

Social Justice 144

Social Justice Government Humanities Human Rights 144