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Breaking New Ground for Trans Children
While non-heterosexual orientation is punishable by death in some parts of the world, in others the right to choose oneu2019s gender identity has begun to be respected from early …
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To Gov. Christie, From the Teacher He Screamed at
“I wanted to know why Gov. Chris Christie portrays New Jersey public schools as failure factories. Apparently that question struck a nerve.”
Parents of Autistic Teen Entrapped by Cops Sue School District
The student was arrested in school in front of his classmates as part of a sting that nabbed 22 students in all, many of them children with special needs.
Shackles and Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America’s Elite Colleges
A new book 10 years in the making examines how many major US universities are drenched in the sweat, and sometimes the blood, of Africans brought to the US …
Political Cowardice Is Political Courage
It seems telling that the most vocal people fervently endorsing many elements of the reform agenda have either a political or economic stake in moving those policies forward.
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Chilean Students Poised for Congressional Victories
Three student activists who fought for education as a human right are poised to become members of Congress in Chile.
Parents Organize Boycott to End Standardized Testing of Four-Year-Olds
New York School believed to be first to reject testing in grades K-2, principal and 90 percent of parents support boycott and hope it helps spark nationwide movement.
Aren’t All Children Equally Deserving?
Pulling back from created other worlds, we are faced continually with moral dilemmasu2014often ones also involving children.
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Should Rich Kids Get Most of the Scholarships?
The schools bump up their average GPA, get more money to give to rich students, and the poor are left out of the loop.
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The Answer to the Great Question of Education Reform? The Number 42
For those who have invested millions in