Truthout
Education & Youth
Is the FBI Profiling Students to Interview Without Parental Consent?
Underage Muslim students were singled out and questioned.
As Hundreds of Civil Rights Cases Are Dismissed by Education Department, National Groups Take on DeVos
The department's new complaint guidelines are undermining its own obligation to investigate civil rights violations.
What’s Wrong With Secret Donor Agreements Like the Ones George Mason University Inked With the Kochs
The school gave the Charles Koch Foundation ‘'some influence'’ over hiring and evaluating faculty.
Will Teacher Uprisings Change Democrats?
Grassroots uprisings are wooing more Democrats to support public schools.
In Defense of Refusal: Teacher Rebellion Rejects Corporate Assault on Public Education
It's an opportunity to push for a more just social order.
Republicans Come Out Swinging Against Military Family Education
GOP lawmakers feel fine about asking citizens to die for the country, but not fine about providing a proper education for their children.
Striking Teachers Beat Back Neoliberalism’s War on Public Schools
Teachers are creating a new optics for a different future.
Teen Voices in the Fight to Raise the Minimum Wage in Massachusetts
This organization mobilizes youth organizers to advocate for themselves in the minimum wage fight.
Malala, and Now Sabika: Pakistani Girl’s Death in Texas Should Prompt Reflection on Gun Violence
Sabika Sheikh was an exchange student from Pakistan.
Soraya Chemaly on Mass Shootings: Focus Should Be on Boys and Men Who Can’t Take “No” for an Answer
A familiar pattern has emerged.