Truthout
Education
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Public Universities Ramp Up Aid for the Wealthy, Leaving the Poor Behind
Public universities have been shifting their aid, giving less to the poorest students and more to the wealthiest.
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The “Systematic Murder” of Philadelphia Public Schools
Philadelphia schools have turned into skeletons of their former selves and are woefully unprepared for the start of classes this year.
Threats of Violence and Hopes for Votes
With the new problem of joblessness (currently at 11.7 percent in Berlin), more and more people left to hunt work in other parts of Germany or elsewhere.
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Henry A. Giroux | Intellectuals as Subjects and Objects of Violence
Henry Giroux: Public intellectuals must use their resources to question the authoritarian forces of war, violence and privatization threatening the planet.
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With Truce at the UT Factory, Time to Face Tough Choices
A truce seems to have been negotiated in the long-running skirmish between the University of Texas and its conservative critics.
Flow Chart Exposes Common Core’s Myriad Corporate Connections
Morna McDermott has mapped the Common Core State Standard Initiative's corporate connections in a chart that illustrates the corporate takeover of public education.
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A Quiz on America’s Core Curriculum
How much do you really know about the core curriculum that American students are taught?
Tens of Thousands March Against Mexico School Privatization
Teachers blockade downtown Mexico City to protest education reforms they say is harmful to public schools.
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India’s Depreciating Currency: Why the Panic?
Paul Krugman: The rupee might be plunging fast, but what is causing panic?
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State Failures, National Models and the Perpetuation of Educational Injustice
Corporations' dominance of education policy results in more segregation and less education.