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Verdict in Jordan Davis Case Highlights Continuing Injustice of “Stand Your Ground“
Once again, Florida's Stand Your Ground law has helped a man escape conviction for killing an African-American teenager.
CCR, NLG and CAIR-USA Ask House Education Committee to Oppose Anti-Boycott Bill
“The Congressional anti-boycott bill is a clear violation of the First Amendment.”
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Massachusetts Teachers Aim To Knock Down “Data Walls“
Data walls are widely seen as the latest front in a war being fought by educators, parents and students nationwide against “predatory education reform.”
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Missouri Program Requires High School Students To Take Military Enlistment Test
Missouri is calling on high schools to administer a military aptitude test to determine whether students are ready for college or a career. But the program fails to disclose …
This School Is Not a Pipe
Metaphors matter and it is bad policy and worse poetry to describe education as a pipeline.
Vermont Students, Workers Object to Tuition Dollars Being Used to Fund Poverty Wages
Rising tuition, faculty cuts and non-living wages for workers at Vermont colleges are prompting student labor organizers to ask if tuition dollars should be used to exacerbate inequality.
State Cuts to Public Funding of Higher Education Responsible for Increases in Tuition Costs
Michael Leachman: Tuition costs are rising as states respond to the recession by cutting public funding to higher education, with cuts averaging 28 percent on a per pupil basis.
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Why Common Core Isn’t the Answer
This is why dozens of other scholars have been saying the same thing for at least the last several hundred years: What we're doing isn't working!
Rethinking Economics: From the UK, a Global Student Movement Takes Shape
An international movement began to demand a change in the way economics is taught.
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Minnesota Law Substitutes Military Test for Graduation Requirement
In Minnesota, radical changes to graduation testing requirements make it easier for high school students' personal information to be sent to military recruiters without parental consent.