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Education & Youth
How the Billionaire Kingpins of School Privatization Got Stopped in Their Own Backyard
A unique coalition in Little Rock, Arkansas, is pushing back hard on a Walton family-funded attempt at a charter takeover.
Small Group Goes to Great Lengths to Block Homeschooling Regulation
The efforts of one lobbying group has thwarted efforts to monitor homeschooled kids.
Chicago Hunger Strikers Challenge Rahm Emanuel’s Push to Privatize Schools
Education activists are entering the 19th day of a hunger strike to save Dyett High School.
Back to ALEC, Back to (Private) School
Despite public urging for adequate public education funding, Republican legislators chose to put more money into the private voucher school system.
Hungry for Justice: Chicago Residents Go on Hunger Strike for Education
Why is there a hunger strike generating headlines on the South side of Chicago?
Five Questions Every Presidential Candidate Needs to Answer About Education
Forget accountability. This time around, the candidates need to address inequality.
Court Rejects Rule on Labeling Goods Containing “Conflict Minerals”
Since 1998, more than 5 million people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Participatory Budgeting: An Economy for the 99%
Can budgets and even the federal reserve be brought under public control?
Throwing Public Education Under the Bus
Today's fee frenzy is a race to nowhere.
US Education Reform and the Maintenance of White Supremacy Through Structural Violence
Scholars and education activists document the racism and segregation of US public schooling over the rise of corporate education reform.