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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Immigration Reform Rallies Spread From Coast to Coast, and More
Yesterday, thousands rallied around our nation to urge Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform.
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Public Schools, Private Agendas: Parent Revolution
New “Parent Revolution” out of California might have conservative ties that wish to attack teachers unions.
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Chicagoans Fight for Education and Against Standardized Testing
The fight against standardized testing and school closings is a fight for the standard of living for working people.
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Newark Students Defy Threats to Protest Attacks on Public Education
On Tuesday, up to 2,000 students from at least a dozen public high schools in Newark, New Jersey, walked out of class to protest years of budget cuts, school …
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Angela Davis, Freedom and the Politics of Higher Education
Angela Davis struggled bravely for decades to demonstrate that education is a form of political intervention.
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Atlanta’s Standardized Test Cheating Scandal Runs Through White House
Bill Ayers: Standardized testing incentivizes cheating and is a worthless proxy for learning.
Shocking Rahm’s Shock Doctrine
Chicago teachers have beaten their anti-education, anti-union mayor before. And they could do it again.
Detroit Schools Emergency Manager Gets Accolades as Children Fall Further Behind
Under an unaccountable system of control, the hardest hit have been the low-income children of Detroit.
Civil Disobedience Planned in Chicago to Oppose Unprecedented Mass School Closings
Teachers, parents and activists to get arrested protesting the closing of 54 Chicago schools.
Neoliberalism and the Politics of Higher Education: An Interview With Henry A. Giroux
Chronis Polychroniou interviews Henry A. Giroux about neoliberalism and the attack on higher education.