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“Disposable Futures”: Critique of Violence
Exposing violence is not the same as being exposed to it, though the former too often comes as a result of the latter.
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State of Emergency in Baltimore Should Continue
Indeed, a state of emergency with a domestic Marshall Plan like design should be declared in many other urban and rural communities in our nation.
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Vouchers on the Move: Return to School Segregation?
Voucher bills are on the move in multiple states and on Capitol Hill.
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A University Is Not Walmart
The business model has taken over higher education and subverted its mission.
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Black Lives Matter: Let the Students Speak, Let Her Teach
I thank you for following your educational mission and engaging in this humanistic endeavor while valuing “intelligent dissent [over] passive agreement,” to quote Bertrand Russell.
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Who Will Test the Testers?
Danny Katch reports on New York's record-breaking test boycott.
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Koch Funding of Universities Shrouded in Secrecy
What are university administrators so afraid of disclosing?
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Countering the “Chega Freire” Campaign in Brazil: Our Emancipatory Struggle Continues
Civil unrest has led to the call for military intervention by the more reactionary sectors of the population.
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Atlanta Trial: The Ultimate in Test-and-Punish
The reality is that more than a dozen years of standardized testing under No Child Left Behind have made little difference.
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Garfield High School Teacher Heather Robison’s Conscientious Test Objector Declaration
With so many students having opted out of the Common Core tests, the teachers are no longer being asked to administer the examu2014a huge victory in this struggle against …