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Funding For Justice
Funding For Justice

A valuable, practical resource on an issue that touches every school and community. Going beneath the legal jargon and complex funding formulas, Funding for Justice presents...

Selling Out Our Schools (PDF only)
Selling Out Our Schools (PDF only)

Vouchers are one of the hottest controversies in school reform. Selling Out Our Schools covers the major issues surrounding not only vouchers but efforts to privatize...

Keeping the Promise?
Keeping the Promise?

Keeping the Promise? examines one of the most complex reforms in education: charter schools. This wide-ranging and thought-provoking collection of essays examines the charter school movement's...

Classroom Crusades (PDF only)
Classroom Crusades (PDF only)

Classroom Crusades covers the religious right’s efforts to stamp their own brand of politics and religion upon our country’s schools. Essential reading for anyone who values the...

Articles Contributed
Rifts Grow in Voucher Movement
Rifts Grow in Voucher Movement
Volume 10, No.1 - Fall 1995
Reading, Writing, and Censorship
Reading, Writing, and Censorship
By Barbara Miner
Volume 12, No.3 - Spring 1998
Internet Filtering
Internet Filtering
By Barbara Miner
Volume 12, No.4 - Summer 1998
Religious Right Launches "Exodus 2000"
Religious Right Launches "Exodus 2000"
By Barbara Miner
Volume 13, No.1 - Fall 1998
$22 Million Siphoned from MPS to Pay for Private Schools
$22 Million Siphoned from MPS to Pay for Private Schools
By Barbara Miner
Volume 13, No.2 - Winter 1998/1999
Bilingual Education
Bilingual Education
By Barbara Miner
Volume 13, No.4 - Summer 1999
Why the Secrecy?
Why the Secrecy?
By Barbara Miner
Volume 14, No.1 - Fall 1999
Edison Loses Millions - Again
Edison Loses Millions - Again
By Barbara Miner
Volume 14, No.1 - Fall 1999
Testing
Testing
By Barbara Miner
Volume 14, No.2 - Winter 1999/2000
The Jobs of Tomorrow
The Jobs of Tomorrow
By Barbara Miner
Volume 14, No.2 - Winter 1999/2000
Seventeen, Self-Image, And Stereotypes
Seventeen, Self-Image, And Stereotypes
By Barbara Miner
Volume 14, No.2 - Winter 1999/2000
For-Profit Firm On the Ropes
For-Profit Firm On the Ropes
By Barbara Miner
Volume 14, No.3 - Spring 2000
Wisconsin Reports on Voucher Program
Wisconsin Reports on Voucher Program
By Barbara Miner
Volume 14, No.3 - Spring 2000
Voucher Backers Illegally Funnel Money
Voucher Backers Illegally Funnel Money
By Barbara Miner
Volume 14, No.4 - Summer 2000
Voucher's Money Man
Voucher's Money Man
By Barbara Miner
Volume 16, No.1 - Fall 2001
Supreme Court Debates Vouchers
Supreme Court Debates Vouchers
By Barbara Miner
Volume 16, No.3 - Spring 2002
For-Profits Target Education
For-Profits Target Education
By Barbara Miner
Volume 16, No.3 - Spring 2002
<p>Keeping Public Schools Public</p>
<p>Keeping Public Schools Public</p>
By Barbara Miner
Volume 17, No.1 - Fall 2002
Keeping Public Schools Public
Keeping Public Schools Public
By Barbara Miner
Volume 17, No.2 - Winter 2002/2003
Keeping Public Schools Public
Keeping Public Schools Public
By Barbara Miner
Volume 17, No.3 - Spring 2003
Head Start or Head Backwards?
Head Start or Head Backwards?
By Barbara Miner
Volume 18, No.1 - Fall 2003
Vouchers
Vouchers
By Barbara Miner
Volume 18, No.2 - Winter 2003/2004
Distorting the Civil Rights Legacy
Distorting the Civil Rights Legacy
By Barbara Miner
Volume 18, No.3 - Spring 2004
Seed Money for Conservatives
Seed Money for Conservatives
By Barbara Miner
Volume 18, No.4 - Summer 2004
Keeping Public Schools Public by Barbara Miner Voucher Supporters Attack Kerry
Keeping Public Schools Public by Barbara Miner Voucher Supporters Attack Kerry
By Barbara Miner
Volume 19, No.1 - Fall 2004
by Barbara Miner Testing Companies Mine for Gold
by Barbara Miner Testing Companies Mine for Gold
By Barbara Miner
Volume 19, No.2 - Winter 2004/2005
The Gates Foundation and Small Schools
The Gates Foundation and Small Schools
By Barbara Miner
Volume 19, No.4 - Summer 2005
Free-Market Education
Free-Market Education
There’s no guarantee of quality in Milwaukee’s voucher schools
By Barbara Miner
Volume 20, No.1 - Fall 2005
Teacher Quality
Teacher Quality
By Barbara Miner
Volume 20, No.2 - Winter 2005/2006
Teacher Quality
Teacher Quality
By Barbara Miner
Volume 20, No.2 - Winter 2005/2006
Dispatch from the Front Lines of the Voucher Wars
Dispatch from the Front Lines of the Voucher Wars
By Barbara Miner
Volume 20, No.3 - Spring 2006
A Brief History of Milwaukee's Voucher Program
A Brief History of Milwaukee's Voucher Program
By Barbara Miner
Volume 20, No.3 - Spring 2006
Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds
Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds
By Barbara Miner
Volume 20, No.4 - Summer 2006
Exploding the Privatization Myth
Exploding the Privatization Myth
Charter and private schools are no better than public schools and sometimes worse
By Barbara Miner
Volume 21, No.1 - Fall 2006
Australia Battles Privatization
Australia Battles Privatization
By Barbara Miner
Volume 21, No.2 - Winter 2006/2007
Can NCLB Be Left Behind?
Can NCLB Be Left Behind?
Reauthorization could bring ‘damage control’ or more damage.
By Barbara Miner
Volume 21, No.3 - Spring 2007
Public Studies Puncture the Privatization Bubble
Public Studies Puncture the Privatization Bubble
By Barbara Miner
Volume 22, No.2 - Winter 2007/2008
Lost in the Market
Lost in the Market
By Barbara Miner
Volume 23, No.1 - Fall 2008
Teaching's Revolving Door
Teaching's Revolving Door
By Barbara Miner
Volume 23, No.2 - Winter 2008/2009
"Bait and Switch"
"Bait and Switch"
New report pushes voucher fans to fast-talk around problems
By Barbara Miner
Volume 23, No.4 - Summer 2009
The Debate Over Differentiated Pay: The Devil is in the Details
The Debate Over Differentiated Pay: The Devil is in the Details
By Barbara Miner
Volume 24, No.1 - Fall 2009
Looking Past the Spin: Teach for America
Looking Past the Spin: Teach for America
By Barbara Miner
Volume 24, No.3 - Spring 2010
The Ultimate $uperpower
The Ultimate $uperpower
Supersized dollars drive Waiting for ‘Superman’ agenda
By Barbara Miner
Volume 25, No.2 - Winter 2010/2011
Teachers Tour U.S.–Mexico Border
Teachers Tour U.S.–Mexico Border
By Barbara Miner, Bob Peterson
Volume 18, No.4 - Summer 2004
Bonfire of the Disney Princesses
Bonfire of the Disney Princesses
By Barbara Ehrenreich
Volume 22, No.3 - Spring 2008
Lessons from the Heartland
Lessons from the Heartland
By Barbara Miner
Volume 27, No.2 - Winter 2012/2013