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Education & Youth
A New Rebellion for Lunch and Recess!
The rally to defend lunch and recess time at the Wednesday Seattle school board meeting was an overwhelming success.
“Let Us Graduate!” Garfield High School Walks Out on Budget Cuts
Seattle's Garfield High School has once again moved into collective struggle.
Restore Recess: A Movement is Born
Parents and educators across Seattle are taking action to defend their children's right to ample time for recess and lunch.
Walkout!: Seattle’s Garfield High School Students and Faculty Pledge Walkout on 10/23 Against Budget Cuts
Last Friday it was announced that our school had until the following Friday, October 24th, to raise $92,000 or else one of the teachers in a core subject area …
Renaissance of Courage: On Public School Responsibility
Black prophetic fire, according to Cornell West can be summed up as a deep love for justice, love of the poor and working people and a love for black …
After Censorship of History Course, Colorado Students and Teachers Give a Lesson in Civil Disobedience
After a county school board in Colorado proposed to rewrite the district's high school US history curriculum to stop teaching about civil disobedience, students and teachers have responded with …
30 Years Adrift on an Ocean of Reforms: How We Lost Our Bearings: Part 3
When it comes to educational attainment socioeconomic and racial inequality has always existed in America.
Virtual Learning and Social Currency
I believe we have the capacity to interact with each other and create learning communities that are personalized, engaging, relevant and rigorous academically.
30 Years Adrift on an Ocean of Reforms: Debate Centered on Crisis Rather Than Solutions
The National Commission on Excellence in Education clearly conveyed the ideal of a Learning Society by its
Thirty Years Adrift on an Ocean of Reforms: We Set Our Course on Standards and Tests
This nation.s children deserve a better standard of practice than teaching to the test.