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Education & Youth

Betsy Devos
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Education & Youth

Bernie Sanders Calls Betsy DeVos Worst Education Secretary in US History

The billionaire school privatization zealot lashed out at a popular proposal to cancel student loan debt.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
December 2, 2020
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College students sit in a sparsely populated auditorium classroom to learn
Op-Ed
Education & Youth

Teaching Civics Is More Difficult When Your Students Grew Up in the Trump Age

In a political environment shaped by Trump, even facts about the basic workings of government have become politicized.
by
Katie Scofield,
Truthout
December 2, 2020
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Education & Youth

Right-Wing Orgs Are Enlisting Students in Their War Against Campus Progressives

Well-funded conservative groups are training college students to oppose progressive measures on campus.
by
Eleanor J. Bader,
Truthout
December 1, 2020
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Joe Biden
News Analysis
Education & Youth

Biden Has New Progressive Education Rhetoric — But Policy Will Be the Test

Progressive educators seeking to reverse neoliberal privatization cannot be certain they’ll have Biden’s backing.
by
Tyler Walicek,
Truthout
November 29, 2020
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Eleven states let school districts decide whether students and staff must wear masks.
News Analysis
Education & Youth

Differing Mask Mandates in Georgia Schools Put Teachers at Risk for COVID

Eleven states have let school districts decide whether students and staff must wear masks.
by
Annie Waldman &
Heather Vogell,
ProPublica
November 27, 2020
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People wait in line at a TSA security checkpoint at Orlando International Airport on Thanksgiving eve, November 25, 2020, in Orlando, Florida.
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Education & Youth

Hundreds of Thousands of Students Traveled Home This Week Amid COVID Spike

Masking, social distancing and single-household celebrations are key to stopping new outbreaks.
by
Leanna First-Arai,
Truthout
November 26, 2020
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A photo illustration Joe Biden and Kamala Harris standing in front of a cropped photo of students at their graduation
News Analysis
Education & Youth

Joe Biden Should Cancel Student Debt on Day One

In the absence of further stimulus payments, debt cancellation would offer immediate relief to millions of households.
by
Alexis Goldstein,
Truthout
November 20, 2020
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Masked activists march with handwritten signs, the closest one reading "STAND UP, FIGHT BACK"
News Analysis
Education & Youth

Grad Workers’ Strike Shows Labor Why It Must Become Abolitionist

The strike at the University of Michigan highlighted the role of policing in upholding racial capitalism on campus.
by
Charlotte Rosen &
Eli B. Lichtenstein,
Truthout
November 16, 2020
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A college-aged young man wears a Trump mask like a hat
News Analysis
Education & Youth

“Campus Reform” Is Funneling Koch Money to Groom Right-Wing “Journalists”

Millions of dollars of untraceable “dark money” is being funneled to conservative and libertarian student groups.
by
Eleanor J. Bader,
Truthout
November 15, 2020
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Students board school bus
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Education & Youth

New Data Lays Bare Massive Inequalities Between Schools Within Same District

Kids who need more support to overcome barriers to academic achievement are routinely shortchanged.
by
Tara García Mathewson,
The Hechinger Report
November 12, 2020
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