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Nora De La Cour

(She/Her)
Easthampton
As seen in: Jacobin, On One Substack
Covers:  Education & Labor
former HS teacher; public education & labor @jacobin, @thenation, @economichardship, @MorePerfectUS

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Nora De La Cour’s Biography

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I used to work in public schools. Now I write about labor and education issues.

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Education Reformers Are Waging a War on Play

Education Reformers Are Waging a War on Play

For decades, education reformers have proposed academic performance, measured by standardized testing, as the…

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Platform Capitalists Are Turning Customers Into Managers in Disguise

Platform Capitalists Are Turning Customers Into Managers in Disguise

From customer review platforms like Yelp and Ziosk to the ratings prompts built into gig-work apps like Uber …

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Religious Charter Schools Undermine the Foundations of Public Education

Religious Charter Schools Undermine the Foundations of Public Education

A church-run charter school is on track to open in Oklahoma - publicly funded but run by the archdiocese. The…

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Texas's Governor Is Trying to Destroy Public Education - and Dim Those Friday Night Lights

Texas's Governor Is Trying to Destroy Public Education - and Dim Those Friday Night Lights

Texas governor Greg Abbott is on a crusade against public education. But even rural Republicans aren't going …

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Public Schools Have Been Made to Answer for Capitalism's Crimes

Public Schools Have Been Made to Answer for Capitalism's Crimes

Unwilling to disrupt the economic system that created mass inequality, liberals invested schools with magical…

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OnOne Elsewords: The EdTech Backlash Is Here, and It's Just Getting Started

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By Akil Vicks, Nora De La Cour
| On One Substack
Hello Friends, This week OnOne education correspondent Nora De La Cour is back in Jacobin to talk about dystopian landscape of ed-tech. Just when you thought it wasn’t possible for Silicon Valley to be more dumb and evil than it already is…. Nora writes: When nine-year-old Sunny entered second grade at his Los Angeles public school three years ago, a surprise awaited him: a personal Google Chromebook to use in his classes and take home each afternoon.
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The EdTech Backlash Is Here, and It's Just Getting Started

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By Nora De La Cour
| Jacobin Verified
When nine-year-old Sunny entered second grade at his Los Angeles public school three years ago, a surprise awaited him: a personal Google Chromebook to use in his classes and take home each afternoon. “Everyone was obsessed with the Chromebooks,” he recalls.
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The Right Has a Lofty Vision for Schools. Where’s Ours?

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By Nora De La Cour
| Jacobin Verified
On a January webinar for Chalkbeat, Lindsey Burke, a senior education official in the Trump administration, faced an audience question about the administration’s rationale for moving K-12 programs to the Department of Labor — part of its ongoing effort to dismantle the Education Department. “Arguably schools have broader purposes — civic, moral, and social — rather than just preparation for employment,” read Chalkbeat national editor Erica Meltzer.
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