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Kim, Robert – Phi Delta Kappan, 2023
Participation in school sports has a variety of benefits for students. But not all students are able to participate in school athletics programs. In this column, Robert Kim explores the different levels of access suburban, urban, and rural students have to sports programs. And he considers whether students, regardless of where they live, have a…
Descriptors: Athletics, Suburban Schools, Student Athletes, Equal Education
Underwood, Julie – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
Public funding of private K-12 schooling through vouchers continues to be a contentious issue across the U.S., even though a solid majority of Americans continues to oppose them. The voucher plans run the risk of legal challenge for how they handle the rights of students with disabilities and whether they violate state constitutional provisions…
Descriptors: Public Support, Educational Development, Educational Vouchers, Public Opinion
Rosenthal, Daniel M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
Restrictions on collective bargaining are spreading. But while reformers are right to question current labor practices in education, they're wrong to believe that bargaining prohibitions will solve the problems. A smarter approach would begin by putting down the sledgehammer wielded in Wisconsin and picking up a scalpel by pushing for laws aimed…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Educational Change, Change Agents, Change Strategies