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Education & Youth
After Hundreds of School Closures, Black Families Are Still Waiting for Justice
Hundreds of neighborhood school closures in cities across the country have had a disproportionate impact on Black and Brown students.
A Turning Point for the Charter School Movement
Resistance to charter schools, which are more racially segregated than traditional public schools, is growing.
Why School Is a “Confusing Mental Mish-Mash” for Kids
There are six assumptions that shape US education policy, and they're all false.
Making Rights Work: A Review of “The Human Rights Enterprise”
This review looks at the real, on the ground ways that claims to human rights actually function to challenge power.
Mike Pence Loves ALEC and Keeps Pushing School Privatization, Despite Lousy Record With Charters
Trump's VP pick won't give up on charter schools.
Lawmakers to Question Executive of New Jersey’s Controversial Student Loan Agency
A ProPublica and New York Times investigation has prompted a state Senate hearing on aggressive collection practices.
Despite Contract Deal, Worries Remain for Some CUNY Professors and Staff
More than 25,000 professors and staff at the CUNY waited six years for a contract. A deal was reached, but some are skeptical.
The GMO Debate: One Student’s Experience of Pro-GMO Propaganda at Cornell University
Our universities have become extensions of corporate power, at the cost of our health, livelihoods, and ecology.
Defending No Child Left Behind? Education Reform Hits the DNC
The education reform movement has often shielded itself from criticism by effectively employing the rhetoric of civil rights and equality.
Learning, Dreaming, Winning: Demanding Racial Justice Through University Sit-Ins
A sit-in at Seattle University's humanities college has forced awareness of pervasive institutional racism.