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Education
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Reasoning with and Resisting Arne Duncan’s Education Reform Agenda: Scribbling Lines in the Sand
There are times when a line in the sand can shift the course of a life – or of history. At other times a line in the sand may …
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Anger is a Gift
Public school teachers should be angry. During the last decade, public school teachers in the United States have been forced to realize the brutal truth about their profession: everyone …
Economic Update: Measuring Capitalism’s Results
Updates on Google caught evading taxes, food stamp nation, public higher ed crisis.
Seattle Teachers, Students Win Historic Victory Over Standardized Testing
After months of protest, teachers, students and parents in Seattle, Washington, have won their campaign to reject standardized tests in reading and math.
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Henry A. Giroux | Marching in Chicago: Resisting Rahm Emanuel’s Neoliberal Savagery
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's attempt to close 54 public schools is one more example of a neoliberal system at work.
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Inside the Cooper Union Occupation’s First Hours
Students at Cooper's Union, a free university in NYC, occupied the office of the president to protest the decision to charge tuition.
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Oaxacan Teachers Challenge the Test
The testing regime in Mexico is as entrenched as it is in the United States.
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Temple’s Story: What White Faculty Could Learn from Black Faculty
More than 400 students and community people joined black faculty to protest the racist and anti-Semitic behavior of the dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Temple University. …
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EM’s School Closing Game: Tragedy for Students, Community
The School board is in the dark; parents are angry, the community is under threat and students, many of them special needs, face loss. This is the newest round …
“Love Has No Color”: Georgia High School Students Set to Hold First Integrated Prom
A group of Georgia high school students are making history by challenging the segregation of their high school prom.