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Chaotic Work Schedule Is the Greatest Challenge for the Community College Student, Not Tuition
Presidents Obama's policy proposal to offer two free years of community college would lift a huge financial burden off of students. But his plan would still not help lift …
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Underpaying Adjuncts Hurts Full-Time Professors and Students Too
Adjunct faculty will participate in a nationwide walkout on February 25 to demand better pay and benefits.
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The Conservative Attempt to Rewrite the United States’ Progressive History
Call your local representative today to tell them that you support AP US history.
Department of Education Sides Against Students to Feather Its Own Bed in For-Profit Corinthian Colleges Debacle
Like homeowners who served to foam the runway for banks, students continue to be cannon-fodder for predatory lenders.
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Peter McLaren: Putting Radical Life in Schools
Schools can and must become zones of popular de-indoctrination and democratic re-imagination.
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Good Money After Bad, Wisconsin GOP Demands More For-Profit Schools
For-profit school lobbyists are some of the biggest spenders in Wisconsin campaigns. According to the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, the groups funneled $10 million into state elections between 2003 and …
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One Thing Schools Should Do to Boost Students’ Intellectual Growth
The problem with modern education that can be fixed in school but has never been adequately addressed is this: information overload.
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Willing to Live for Our People
Marchers accompanied some of Chicago's brightest and most politically conscious elementary school students as they rallied to reclaim the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Teacher’s Image Takes a Hit in America
Something about our fast-paced, super consumerist society seems to have robbed the teaching vocation the respect it deserves, disposing that once concrete and tender human relationship to a matter …
Charter Schools: the Segregation of Latino and African-American Students
The segregation of ELL students from the mainstream classroom creates a separation between English speaking students and bilingual students.