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Education & Youth
What If California Spent As Much On Education As It Does On Prisons?
In the state of California it costs roughly seven times more to house one prisoner for a year than it does to send just one child to a college …
Henry Giroux | Neoliberalism, Youth and Social Justice
Henry Giroux speaks with Ronald Jackson on issues of neoliberalism, the war on youth, and required cultural changes for a better future.
The Fallacy of Financial Education
Dave Ramsey is a huge success because he is peddling one of the huge but popular illusions of American culture: that people can become rich by making better financial …
The Test Boycott Is On!
The testing boycott is official! Today, two Chicago teachers are refusing to distribute the Illinois Standards Achievement Tests (ISAT), even though Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has said …
American Social Classes Defined
In what American social class do you or your family reside: the wealthy, middle class, working class, or poor?
School’s Out: The Decimation of Public Education
On this edition of Making Contact weu2019ll explore how the privatization of public education is playing out across the country and how students and teachers are fighting back.
Auditing Our Public Agencies is Hard in Spite of Sunshine Laws
The California Public Records Act was established 45 years ago, yet citizens still are denied access to public documents from local government agencies.
Academic Self-Marginalization Not the Problem
The bigger question, and the less obvious problem with Kristof's opinion, is whether more of us would do any good for the world.
CCR, NLG and CAIR-USA Ask House Education Committee to Oppose Anti-Boycott Bill
“The Congressional anti-boycott bill is a clear violation of the First Amendment.”
Kids for Cash: Inside One of the Nation’s Most Shocking Juvenile Justice Scandals
The shocking story of how thousands of children in Pennsylvania were jailed by two corrupt judges who received $2.6 million in kickbacks from the builders and owners of private …