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Education & Youth
What Should Progressive Education Reform Look Like?
Education policy continues to plod along as usual with the same recirculation and repackaging of reforms.
Why Are K-12 School Leaders Being Trained in Coercive Interrogation Techniques?
Educators are taught how to extract confessions from students, so the school-to-prison pipeline shrinks.
Despite Public Education’s Gains, a Widening Cultural Lag Remains
One wonders how the current model of K-12 education can transition fast enough to keep up or whether it can keep up at all.
Campbell Brown: The New Leader of the Propaganda Arm of School Privatization
The former anchor is helping the billionaire-backed charter lobby spread the gospel of education reform.
The Baghdad School of Music and Ballet Fights for Its Life
The fine arts and other positive escapes are an integral part of the psychosocial development of war-affected children.
King Approved as Education Secretary, Despite Declining to Help Student Loan Fraud Victims
Although not finalized, the new framework already aims to exclude many defrauded borrowers.
Cashing in on Kids: 172 ALEC Education Bills Push Privatization in 2015
ALEC's agenda would transform public education from an accountable institution that serves the public into one that serves private, for-profit interests.
Students Assert Their “Right to Dissent” in India
A new era in public debate and polarization has dawned in India following the government's crackdown on students all over the country.
The FBI Has a New Plan to Spy on High School Students Across the Country
Under new guidelines, Muslim students will be disproportionately targeted - but all young people will be suspect.
Teachers Who Staged “Sick-Outs” Declare Victory Against Detroit Schools’ Emergency Manager
Some union members worry the work is not done until local control is returned to Detroit's schools.