Education & Youth

School closures around the country have been justified by rationales of budget necessity and improvements in education outcomes, but in Chicago as elsewhere communities see no cost savings and …

Giroux writes on pedagogy and fundamentalism in his book, “America's Education Deficit and the War on Youth.”

How is mass incarceration affecting young people of color? Author Michelle Alexander helps explain.

Activists say national union leadership needs to give more support to Black and Latino working class families fighting school closures.

Massive school closings in Chicago may help the deficit, at the cost of student's well being.

In a storytelling performance, youth described a different path to the United States and in doing so reflected a sense of justice that defies borders.

Updates on Google caught evading taxes, food stamp nation, public higher ed crisis.

After months of protest, teachers, students and parents in Seattle, Washington, have won their campaign to reject standardized tests in reading and math.

A group of Georgia high school students are making history by challenging the segregation of their high school prom.

Teachers, parents and activists to get arrested protesting the closing of 54 Chicago schools.