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Scholastic Under Fire for Children’s Book Portrayal of Trump
Parents and teachers aren't angry over what the new book says about the president, but rather what it leaves out.
Eligible for Financial Aid, Nearly a Million Students Never Get It
States run out of money and aspiring low-income college students feel the pain.
Is the FBI Profiling Students to Interview Without Parental Consent?
Underage Muslim students were singled out and questioned.
As Hundreds of Civil Rights Cases Are Dismissed by Education Department, National Groups Take on DeVos
The department's new complaint guidelines are undermining its own obligation to investigate civil rights violations.
What’s Wrong With Secret Donor Agreements Like the Ones George Mason University Inked With the Kochs
The school gave the Charles Koch Foundation ‘'some influence'’ over hiring and evaluating faculty.
Will Teacher Uprisings Change Democrats?
Grassroots uprisings are wooing more Democrats to support public schools.
In Defense of Refusal: Teacher Rebellion Rejects Corporate Assault on Public Education
It's an opportunity to push for a more just social order.
Republicans Come Out Swinging Against Military Family Education
GOP lawmakers feel fine about asking citizens to die for the country, but not fine about providing a proper education for their children.
Striking Teachers Beat Back Neoliberalism’s War on Public Schools
Teachers are creating a new optics for a different future.
Teen Voices in the Fight to Raise the Minimum Wage in Massachusetts
This organization mobilizes youth organizers to advocate for themselves in the minimum wage fight.