Neoliberalism

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“The ideas of reform and innovation have been tearing apart public education”

Subcontracting out our schools is not a quality answer to any of the difficulties our district faces or to the pedagogy of public...

SAISD School Board Waives Its Own Community Voice Policy To Push Through “Community-Driven” Charters

Board again shows the hollowness of its commitment to community engagement and empowerment. At last night’s SAISD School Board meeting,...

Are You Irreplaceable, Replaceable, or Expendable?

Who gets to decide, and why would they think such labels have any place in our education system? In a January 14 memo, SAISD leadership...

Is SAISD Privatizing Classified And Support Services?

Word has been spreading across San Antonio ISD that district leaders are moving to privatize non-teaching services across the district....

America's Richest, Tax-Dodging, School-Privatizing Family Loves Pedro Martinez And His Board.

It’s good to know that the richest family in America, famous for tax avoidance, paying workers so little that they have to rely on food...

The Portfolio Model Of Public School Privatization Comes To San Antonio

Hold onto your hats folks, a man-made “Great Schools” hurricane is about to hit. San Antonio ISD superintendent Pedro Martinez and his...

Teachers at Ogden Academy Speak Out About Dehumanization of Students

Teachers at the San Antonio ISD school are blowing the whistle on the “racist, classist” instructional and behavior management frameworks...

A Pro-Charter, Pro-Privatization Website Unveiled A Fawning Profile of Pedro Martinez And His Team

Pedro Martinez, Mohammed Choudhury, and Patti Radle are the new darlings of the national movement to privatize America’s public schools....

Las Adquisiciones De Escuelas Chárter Deterioran El Sistema De Escuelas Públicas De San Antonio

Por Luke Amphlett La narrativa del Distrito Escolar Independiente de San Antonio sobre la integración de la escuela semiautónoma (mejor...

What We Mean When We Say "Our Union"

By Luke Amphlett, David Garza, Alejandra Lopez, and Adrian Reyna. Our union is the democratically-elected, democratically-structured...

For Public Control Of Public Schools

By Luke Amphlett For public schools to become the sites of liberation that they might be, we have to face their role in reproducing...

San Antonio Educators Have Overwhelmingly Lost Faith In SAISD Leadership

If you care about public education, you should have too. According to the San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel, 77% of...