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Why GOP Wants to Tax Students and Not Polluters
Robert Reich: Why would government incentivize carbon emissions and discourage higher ed? Ask Republicans.

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Oregon’s Step Towards Debt-Free Degrees
Terrance Heath: If something like what's been proposed in Oregon had been in place when I went to college, it would have saved me thousands of dollars over the …

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Finally, Some Good News About US Education
‘The Nation's Report Card’ shows minority students are making gains and shrinking the learning gap between them and white students.

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Charter Schools, the Invisible Hand, and Gutless Political Leadership
The commitment to charter schools is a coward's way out of facing reality and doing something.

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The High Road to 21st Century Economic Success
On the high road to the future, we would use government institutions to put people to work in support of the common good.

The Perils of Zombie Education
Defined by their appetite, the Zombies our education system is producing are hollow people, easily led - and easily misled.

Growing Concern Cuts to Toronto Youth Programs Will Bring “Summer of War”
Community leaders fear rise in gun violence will result from cuts to summer youth programs in Toronto's poor and under-serviced neighborhoods

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Henry A. Giroux | Challenging Casino Capitalism and Authoritarian Politics in the Age of Disposability
There is by now an overwhelming catalogue of evidence revealing the depth and breadth of the corporate- and state-sponsored assaults being waged against democracy in the United States.

Carol Becker on Creative Leadership, Public Intellectuals and the Arts in Higher Education
In this interview, Carol Becker explains how she also views administrators within institutions such as universities as public intellectuals who can help empower and mobilize future generations of young …

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The Politics of Calling for No Politics
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (HBO Documentaries, 2013) offers a window into the intersections of music, religion, and politics in the context of Vladimir Putin’s Russia: On Feb. 21, 2012, …