Independent since 2002 Issue No. 1102 Week of November 7, 2026 Get the free email dispatch →

Dr. Walter C. Farrell

Jr., PhD, M.S.P.H. and Dr. Wesley L. Boykin, PhD

BlackCommentator.com Columnist, Dr. Walter C. Farrell, Jr., PhD, MSPH, is a Fellow of the National Education Policy Center (NEPC) at the University of Colorado-Boulder and has written widely on vouchers, charter schools, and public school privatization. He has served as Professor of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and as Professor of Educational Policy and Community Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Contact Dr. Farrell and BC. This page can be shared David A. Love, JD Managing Editor: Nancy Littlefield, MBA Publisher: Peter Gamble

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Cover Story

Will Biden Close the Final Deal?

By Dr. Walter C. Farrell

must remain poised to seize the moment and powerfully condemn and chastise Trump when the occasion presents itself, which it surely will.

My colleague, James Williams, an Atlanta, Georgia political junkie, made an astute observation. He posits that Biden could squeeze out a win if he could generate…

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Commentary

What Teachers Face in Broad, Cartel Public Education Takeover

By Dr. Walter C. Farrell

The ripping up of the public sector is taking hold even as Trump distracts us with his attempts to cover up any discovery of his alleged collusion with Russia in order to win the 2016 Presidential election. As we are preoccupied with his sexual peccadillos, he and his administration are collaborating with the corporate Cartel of education reformers and its most prominent advocate, Eli Broad,

Trump fired Rex Tillerson, his Secretary of State, to take the focus off the investigation of his campaign’s collusion with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. The ripping up…

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