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Education & Youth
Can the 2016 Election Be About Making It Work for US Families?
This election must be about changing giving our children and families a real future.
Widespread Problems With Group Home Agency Prompt City to Cut Ties
Boys Town becomes third agency to fail as New York City tries new model for juvenile offenders.
Scott Walker’s Unprecedented Voucher Expansion
At a time when other states are reinvesting in public education, Wisconsin continues to slash and burn.
Peace Activists Relaunch Protest Ship
As we shall see, the Golden Rule is no ordinary sailboat.
US Olympic Committee Offers a Raw Deal to Boston Youth
In Boston, where more than half of public schools have no gymnasium, it's unlikely the Olympics would have a lasting positive impact.
A Doctor’s Degree at 102
Ingeborg Rapoport had been awarded a doctor's degree at the age of 102!
Charter Program Expansion Looms, Despite Probes Into Mismanagement and Closed Schools
Department of Education officials have assured stakeholders that the problems with millions disappearing down black holes is a thing of the past, but this is not the case.
Scrap the MAP test: My Kindergartener Joins the Opt Out Movement
The new Common Core standards, and the tests meant to measure student's progress, are dramatically developmentally inappropriate.
Bronx Theater Uses Avant-Garde Approach to Teach Everyday Activism
Whether the crisis is AIDS or cyber-bullying, Pregones Theater's empathy-based theater techniques help young people rehearse for action.
“Stop Blaming Teachers, Start Funding Schools”: More Than 30,000 Teachers Walk Out in Protest of Big Class Sizes in Washington State
Let the Washington State Legislature know that they must come up with the money for our schools.