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Education & Youth
Auditing Our Public Agencies is Hard in Spite of Sunshine Laws
The California Public Records Act was established 45 years ago, yet citizens still are denied access to public documents from local government agencies.
Academic Self-Marginalization Not the Problem
The bigger question, and the less obvious problem with Kristof's opinion, is whether more of us would do any good for the world.
CCR, NLG and CAIR-USA Ask House Education Committee to Oppose Anti-Boycott Bill
"The Congressional anti-boycott bill is a clear violation of the First Amendment."
Kids for Cash: Inside One of the Nation’s Most Shocking Juvenile Justice Scandals
The shocking story of how thousands of children in Pennsylvania were jailed by two corrupt judges who received $2.6 million in kickbacks from the builders and owners of private …
State Cuts to Public Funding of Higher Education Responsible for Increases in Tuition Costs
Michael Leachman: Tuition costs are rising as states respond to the recession by cutting public funding to higher education, with cuts averaging 28 percent on a per pupil basis.
US Education System in Deepening Crisis: What Can be Done About It?
Public education, one of the storied pillars of our society, is under attack by people and institutions who like to think of themselves as reformers.
A Dream Deferred: “This Rigid Refusal to Look at Ourselves”
"Harlem" remains a powerful and necessary questionu2014and a disturbing harbinger, as Hughes answers his opening question with more questions.
Art as Research
As humanity faces enormous problems that challenge our survival, interdisciplinary approaches must include artists, whose unconventional approaches make them adept at daring and creative problem solving.
You Won’t Believe Who’s Teaching Children to LOVE Fracking!
Elementary school children are being taught how wonderful hydro-fracking is from the most outlandish source. If this doesn't infuriate you, nothing will.
On the Fourth Anniversary of the Haitian Earthquake My Family Survived: End the UN Occupation, End US Exploitation, and End Corporate Education Reform on Haiti!
Justice for Haiti will only begin to be achieved when US sweatshops are driven from the island and Haiti's wealth is used to meet the needs of Haitians, rather …