Fringe No More: Sanders Takes Major Lead in Key Battleground States
New polling shows Bernie Sanders ahead of Hillary Clinton in both New Hampshire and Iowa
Sanders’s “ideas for rebuilding the American middle class and taking on the billionaire class are resonating here in Iowa and across the country,” says one county chair. (Photo: Michael Vadon/flickr/cc)
‘Fringe candidate’ no more, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders leads former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton among likely Democratic presidential primary voters in the battleground states of Iowa and New Hampshire, according to new polling released on Sunday, September 13. Continue reading
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In America, education was long seen as the great equalizer, but that has become mostly myth. So, over the past decade, there has been a vigorous effort to fortify and rebuild our schools, and in this there is a recognition that we have failed our children, especially those living in poverty, those for whom school reform could — and should — be transformational. From Chicago to New Orleans, school reform has been engineered by the well heeled and well connected — from hedge fund managers to corporate heads to directors of foundations — who believe that with the right kind of teachers and pedagogy, and with a business-like administration, schooling can trump the daily burdens and indignities of growing up poor. “No excuses” has become the rallying cry of the reformers. 