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Education & Youth
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 …
Open Letter to College and University Presidents Re: Global Security 101
Since the onset of the Nuclear Age our powerful technologies, developed by human ingenuity, have put our societies and humanity itself at grave risk.
Looking Back: A Year of Struggles on Climate, Education and Marriage Equality Inspire Hope for 2014
We look back on some of the many signs of hope that emerged on issues ranging from economic equality to LGBT rights to climate justice.
The Kansas Regents’ (Unintentional) Honesty About Academic Freedom
The Regents have made clear that they want to crush academic freedom because they do not value it.
Kansas Board of Regents Undermine Academic Freedom at State Universities
Bill Black: Draconian measure enacted by Kansas Board of Regents that effectively ends tenure and limits academic freedom could be replicated at colleges nationwide.
Bilingual Education Produces a More Diverse Mind and Society
A recent incident in Hempstead Texas made news when a middle school principal ordered Mexican-American students not to speak Spanish or else face punishment.
Free Market Reflexes in Education
Anyone who has run a business realizes that what matters more is what you do with the workforce you have.
Authenticity
Authenticity is one of the most important qualities to teach young people. To be truly who you are, to be comfortable in your own skin and to walk your …