Public Schools

Who will save public schools? Who will save public schools?

You! says Sandra Tsing Loh, whose hilarious "Mother on Fire" is a rallying cry for urban parents who can't afford a fancy private institution.
By Amy Reiter Aug 19, 2008

  • Barefoot and pregnant in public school

    New York has closed its pregnancy schools, but they remain nationwide.
    By Carol Lloyd May 24, 2007

  • Apartheid America

    Jonathan Kozol rails against a public school system that, 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education, is still deeply -- and shamefully -- segregated.
    By Sarah Karnasiewicz September 22, 2005

  • Microsoft's new project: Building a better high school

    A partnership between the software giant and the Philadelphia School District is an innovative solution to an urban crisis. But can public education survive private management?
    By Christine Smallwood March 13, 2005

  • Children are our future

    Alcohol, drugs and violence are rampant in public schools. Bush's solution: install more guards.
    By Julia Scott March 3, 2005

  • Public schools and private lives

    Readers respond to stories about class size and a gay relationship between a Palestinian and an Israeli.
    February 28, 2002

  • Money also matters

    California's groundbreaking attempt at reducing class size in public schools may be failing in poorer districts.
    By Anthony York February 20, 2002

  • Louisiana calls Darwin a racist

    The state Legislature casts him in the same league as Hitler. A science educator says it's going to be a rough year for evolutionists.
    By Fiona Morgan May 4, 2001

  • The Bush education plan is too timid

    We need to give families a choice -- and that means vouchers and charter schools.
    By Arianna Huffington April 16, 2001

  • Just say yes to Ritalin!

    Parents are being pressured by schools to medicate their kids -- or else.
    By Lawrence H. Diller, M.D. September 25, 2000

  • Hopping to Harvard

    Does how my kid jumps, skips and plays with scissors say anything about his academic future?
    By Patricia Kean September 7, 2000

  • The charter school magnate

    With his controversial privately run schools, entrepreneur David Brennan pushes Ohio into the center of the school-choice debate.
    By Eve Pell May 24, 2000

  • Can these schools be saved?

    Salon's week-long look at the state of America's public schools
    By Joan Walsh May 22, 2000

  • Public schools, private choices

    Al Gore could have sent his son to Wilson High, a public school, but chose nearby Sidwell Friends, which is private. Here's a look at both.
    By Louis Freedberg May 22, 2000

  • Letters to the editor

    Readers take their best shot at vaccination controversy. Plus: Horowitz needs to learn ABCs of education; baseball seats are for the rich.
    April 21, 2000

  • Going for the perfect high

    Choosing a high school was a lot easier when you didn't get to choose.
    By Merle Kessler January 27, 2000

  • Paving the road to Yale -- or Palookaville

    For the meritocratic baby boomer generation, choosing between public and private schools for one's children is a loaded decision.
    By Albert Mobilio April 20, 1998

  • School is out

    The important thing about home schooling isn't getting away from school. It's getting back into your home.
    By Denis Johnson October 1, 1997

  • The Education Divide

    School vouchers were supposed to be a straight liberal vs. conservative issue. Why, then, are black urban Democrats jumping on the same bandwagon as the Christian Coalition?
    By Samuel G. Freedman September 30, 1997

  • SALON Daily Clicks: Newsreal

    If Bill Clinton is supposed to be th "education president," then why are all the public schools in the nation's capital closed?
    By Harry Jaffe September 8, 1997
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