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Education & Youth
Federal Funding of Preschool for Children With Disabilities Is Plummeting
As the number of students needing services has doubled, funding per child has decreased 40 percent in two decades.
Grades Are Capitalism in Action. Let’s Get Them Out of Our Schools.
Grading teaches meritocracy, which in turn helps deflect blame for capitalism's failures onto its victims.
Should US Public Schools Eliminate Homework?
Excessive homework is creating stress, not learning, for many U.S. students.
Another State Could Soon Insert Anti-Abortion Propaganda Into Public Schools
Republican-backed legislation in Ohio would mandate that teachers use anti-choice talking points in sex ed classes.
What School Segregation Looks Like in the US Today
U.S. school segregation is higher than it has been in decades, even in the absence of overtly segregationist laws.
Professors and Students Unite to Oppose Cuts to Lebanon’s Only Public University
A six-week strike by teachers has bolstered a movement against proposed austerity measures.
Henry A. Giroux: Education Should Not Be Neutral
Henry A. Giroux discusses the meaning of education and suspicions about neutrality.
As Progressives Call for Student Debt Cancellation, Loan Companies Influence DC
The student loan industry has spent over $25 million lobbying the federal government since 2014.
Henry A. Giroux: The Dismantling of Public Education Fuels Fascism
Corporate values have changed the nature of higher education in the U.S.
Sanders and Omar’s Plan Would Wipe Out Every Outstanding Student Loan
Wiping out student debt could boost the GDP up to $108 billion and add 1.5 million jobs per year.