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Free Market Reflexes in Education
Anyone who has run a business realizes that what matters more is what you do with the workforce you have.

Authenticity
Authenticity is one of the most important qualities to teach young people. To be truly who you are, to be comfortable in your own skin and to walk your …

Noam Chomsky on Education and How “Manufacturing Consent” Brought Attention to East Timor Massacres
At the premier of the new animated film “Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?” in New York City, Noam Chomsky joined filmmaker Michel Gondry in conversation.

North Carolina Students Push Past Bad News For Good Policy Proposals
Members of the Roosevelt Institute | Campus Network in North Carolina refuse to be discouraged by the stateu2019s bad news, and propose policy changes that would make a difference …

Henry Giroux on the “School to Prison Pipeline”
Education expert Henry Giroux tells Bill public schools are suffering from an overemphasis on academic testing as teachers are stripped of their powers, in schools with disciplinary systems that …

Boycotts, Academic Freedom, History
At the November 22 weekend's annual meeting of the American Studies Association, a resolution for an academic boycott of Israel was presented for a vote in the National Council.

Secretary Duncan and the Politics of White Outrage
The nearly universal sweeping outrageu2014some with a level of glee that must not be ignoredu2014calls for close consideration itself.

Democracy and the Detroit Election
Last week, voters in Detroit elected a new mayor, Mike Duggan, to carry on the work of the emergency managers and governor in rebuilding a u201cnew Detroit.u201d

School ™: Resist the Feed, Feed the Resistance
While many have commented on how accurate the 11-year old Feed is in its predictions of social networking and mobile technology, its dire predictions on the corporatization of education …

Shackles and Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America’s Elite Colleges
A new book 10 years in the making examines how many major US universities are drenched in the sweat, and sometimes the blood, of Africans brought to the US …