Public schools

The Hamilton Cult

By Robert Sullivan,

Has the celebrated musical eclipsed the man himself?

Held Back

By Alexandria Neason,

Battling for the fate of a school district

Class Struggle

By Grace Irwin,

I n every city there is a district which is called “tough” — a district which decent people, afraid of insult or theft, shun in both daylight and darkness. It…

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

By Monte Reel,

Predicting murder on Chicago’s South Side

Cutting School in Kansas

By Sarah Smarsh, on February 13, 2014

The state Supreme Court prepares to decide the fate of Kansas public-school funding

Tyranny of the Test

By Jeremy Miller,

One year as a Kaplan coach in the public schools

Schoolhouse crock

By Peter Schrag,

Fifty years of blaming America's educational system for our stupidity

Against school

By John Taylor Gatto,

How public education cripples our kids, and why

Untitled

By Arthur Eugene Bestor,

Why We Hate Teachers

By Garret Keizer,

Notes on a noble American tradition

School bells

By Lewis H. Lapham,

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