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Rev Billy Exorcises Robobee from Harvard University
The Robobee lab in Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Science is exorcised by New York's Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir, who are dressed up as queen …
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Death by Paranoia
For those shocked by the massacre of young Connecticut school children in 2012, or uncountable shootings in American offices, movie theaters, streets and homes, Georgia's decision to invite more …
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Brown’s Bittersweet Legacy
Public schools are more segregated today than they've been since 1968.
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Arne Duncan Has Labeled My School – and Every School in Washington State – a Failure; Cue the Revolt
The ultimate absurdity of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has been visited upon my home state of Washington.
Court Orders Release of Justice Department Memo Justifying Drone Strike
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law joined an amicus brief in the case arguing that the government's attempt to withhold the legal memo results in …
When This Teacher’s Ethnic Studies Classes Were Banned, His Students Took the District to Court—and Won
The documentary “Precious Knowledge” tells the story of the high school seniors who became activists to save Tucson's ethnic studies classes.
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Henry A. Giroux | Neoliberalism’s War on Democracy
Four decades of neoliberal policies have resulted in an economic Darwinism that promotes privatization, commodification, free trade and deregulation, Henry Giroux writes in the introduction to his book.
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Despite Community Pleas, Three Chicago Schools Slated for Privatization
The Chicago Board of Education has consistently voted to close schools or turn them over to private management - laying off most of the staff in the process - …
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Scathing Report Finds Rocketship, School Privatization Hurt Poor Kids
A new report by the Economic Policy Institute, documents the effects of both for-profit and non-profit charter schools that are taking over struggling public schools in Milwaukee.
Protecting Classrooms From Corporate Takeover: What Families Can Learn From Teachers’ Unions
Teachers are fighting the privatization wave by connecting with families right where they live.