“It’s About People Feeding Their Families”: Indigenous-Led Anti-Austerity Protests Rock Bolivia
Protests in Bolivia are demanding the resignation of Rodrigo Paz, the country’s first right-wing president in decades. Since Paz took office in November 2025, the country has been placed under austerity measures that have led to a surge in poverty rates for much of Bolivia’s rural and working-class population. We speak to Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network in Cochabamba, Bolivia, about the monthlong protests. “Bolivia is a country where, for 19 years, Indigenous people and social movements enjoyed equal rights and political inclusion,” she explains. “There’s a huge break between what Paz promised and what he’s done in practice, which is select a white, upper-middle-class Cabinet with only two women, reject any genuine dialogue, reject interaction with the Bolivian social movements, or even have any empathy for people and what they’re going through day to day.”
Ledebur also discusses the Paz administration’s growing ties with the Trump administration as the U.S. seeks to expand its so-called war on drugs throughout Latin America.
TN: School Takeover Amnesia - A bunch of white Republicans are usurping a mostly Black board in order to take over a largely Black district.
https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/tn-school-takeover-amnesia?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web #Privatization
TN: School Takeover Amnesia
Now that reformsters have been at it for over a decade, there has been plenty of time for amnesia to set in about previous attempts to Fix Schools with Very Clever Ideas.
PA: Looks Like This Cyber School Is Doing Okay
When Pennsylvania passed some rudimentary cyber charter school funding reforms, the cybers squealed like impaled porkers.
How States Can Stop Religious Charter Schools - States are not helpless to act.
https://dianeravitch.net/2026/05/28/how-states-can-stop-religious-charter-schools/ via @dianeravitch
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How States Can Stop Religious Charter Schools
The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to approve religious charter schools. Given their disregard for the principle of separation of church and state, the majority might approve the idea. This woul…
Honesty for Ohio Education Will Launch Statewide "Voucher Accountability Project" - Wealthy elites are stealing public schools and are being compensated for it.
https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2026/05/28/48735/ via @janresseger
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Honesty for Ohio Education Will Launch Statewide “Voucher Accountability Project”
Yesterday in Ohio, state Senator Kent Smith (D-Euclid) and state Senator Louis Blessing (R-Colerain Twp.) held a press conference to discuss the “Take the Dough, We Gotta Know Act,” Sen…
The New York Times Mistaken Ideas About NCLB! - Nancy Bailey's Education Website
Recent reports lamenting poor test scores seem to suggest returning to the good old days of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The New York Times recently led the way, reporting, Why U.S. Test Scores Are in a ‘Generation-Long Decline.’ Bring NCLB back? When did it leave? Isn't it a big part of why public schools
PFPS Launches New Webpage on the Federal Voucher Scheme with Resources for Public Education Advocates - It's part of the Trump administration’s ongoing assault on public education.
https://pfps.org/pfps-launches-new-webpage-on-the-federal-voucher-scheme-with-resources-for-public-education-advocates.html #Privatization
PFPS Launches New Webpage on the Federal Voucher Scheme with Resources for Public Education Advocates
Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) will soon introduce the Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act, legislation that would repeal the federal private school voucher program. It needs support.
https://inthepublicinterest.org/take-action-to-demand-public-funds-stay-in-public-schools/ #Privatization
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