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Puerto Ricans Transform Closed Schools Into Community Centers
Schools reclaimed as community centers are helping to create communities lost in the wake of the hurricanes.
Missing School Is a Given for Children of Migrant Farmworkers
Children living in California's migrant family housing centers miss between three to six months of schooling.
Kentucky and Minnesota Teachers of Year Boycott Trump Meeting
Teachers boycotted a White House ceremony honoring them in protest of the Trump administration's education policies.
Fascism Is on the March. We Need Radical Education to Fight Back.
In a world beset by fascist nightmares, radical education offers hope for social transformation.
Puerto Rican Students Show PTSD Symptoms After Hurricane Maria
Similar problems have been reported among children in other parts of the Caribbean also affected by hurricanes in 2017.
Warren’s Plan to Abolish Student Debt Came From Grassroots Pressure
Warren’s student debt cancellation proposal taps into the movement that gained momentum during Occupy Wall Street.
Making US Schools Less Great Again
Divestment in education is occurring in every single state in the nation.
Academic Freedom at Risk After Decades of Attacks and Underfunding
Academic and author Henry Reichman takes on this threat in a new book.
The Militarization of Johns Hopkins Exposes a Nationwide Trend
Students are currently occupying the university administration building over issues of policing.
From Pre-K On, US Schools Privilege the Already Privileged
Current public school funding reveals a centuries-old harsh truth: Children in the U.S. are not equally valued.