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The Garfield High School Assessment Committee VS the Testocracy: We Know How to Run the Schools Better Than Billionaires
A teacher pushes against standradized testing.
Redefining Democracy in California: An Interview With Luis Rodriguez
When the state works for the poor, the working class, the neglected and pushed out, it works for all of us.
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Colleges Are Buying Stuff They Can’t Afford and Making Students Pay for It
A key factor in the rising cost of college is driven by expenditures largely unrelated to either the quality of the education, teaching or maintaining campus facilities.
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Only as Good as the Movement
The education of union officers begins with the formation of reform caucuses committed to union democracy, building the union's presence in the school, as well as commitments to social …
Chilean Robin Hood? Artist Known as “Papas Fritas” on Burning $500 Million Worth of Student Debt
You may know the adventures of Robin Hood and Zorro, outlaws fighting for the poor. Today we meet the newest member of that club, a Chilean activist who goes …
My Speech to the Graduates: Don’t Listen to Graduation Speakers
A teacher advises, "Dedicate your life to something that matters to you because you have but one life and the pursuit of money and things will always prove hollow …
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How Campus Chiefs Ace Executive Excess 101
These haven't been the best of times for the young men and women attending America's colleges and universities. Or for the faculty who teach them.
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How a “New Secessionist” Movement Is Threatening to Worsen School Segregation and Widen Inequalities
Sixty years after Brown, whiter, wealthier communities are breaking away from racially and economically diverse school districts.
Critical Pedagogy “Album Review”
Michael Demana created this video for Ashland University's “Critical Pedagogy” class. It pretends that Henry A. Giroux's book is an album by the band HG and the Progressives. The …
The Girl Who Sparked Brown v. Board of Education
While the decision in this case, Brown v. Board of Education, has received the most ink over the last six decades, the stories and people behind the landmark decision …