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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.
Ex-Trump University Executives Run College That Gets $150 Million From Taxpayers
There are more connections between the Trump school and the Florida college.
Oaxaca’s Teachers Movement Not Thwarted by State Terror
The teachers demanded a dialogue with the government about an education overhaul and the implementation of neoliberal policies in Oaxaca.
Hindu Nationalism and the Ongoing Fight Over US History Textbooks
A number of Hindu groups with ties to the Bharatiya Janata Party have become increasingly aggressive in their efforts to influence what is taught in US schools.
The Truth About For-Profit Colleges and Trump University
While there are some parallels, Trump University is not representative of for-profit higher education.
The Every Student Succeeds Act and the Future of Public Education
The battle over high-stakes testing and the future of public education is back in play after the Obama administration's latest moves.
The Emancipation of the Minority Academic
There was a Black woman on my computer screen, not slinking into the back of a college classroom, but with her shoulders squared for millions of viewers.