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Film “Won’t Back Down” Models Hollywood Propaganda in Age of School Reform
Hollywood is jumping aboard the PR train to push privatized education just as it did to popularize both World Wars - only this time, entrepreneurs are joining the government …
All Eyes on Chicago’s Teachers
Itu2019s impossible to exaggerate the national importance of the teachersu2019 struggle in Chicago. If the Chicago teachersu2019 union u2014 26,000 members strong u2014 goes on strike, many critical yet …
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What’s Red and Black and Controlled Independently by Students?
The student-run newspaper serving the University of Georgia, of course. When the board tried to take over editorial control, the student staff walked out in a final effort to …
Investors Seek to Profit From Privatizing Public Schools
Activists at Peopleu2019s Education Convention demand an end to excessive testing.
Learning to Hate Longhorn Football
One professor discusses how the million dollar industry of college football might be costing students the most.
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Chicago Teachers Union to File Ten-Day Strike Notice, Say Reports
As one of the biggest teachers unions in the country, the CTU's decision is seen as a fight that could re-energize US labor the way the Wisconsin protests did …
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Chicago Teachers Move Toward Strike
Other public-sector unions and community groups have rallied behind the teachers, and surveys have shown that parents strongly support the teachersu2019 position.
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In Montreal’s Streets, the Movement Continues
The largest demonstration since the spring sent a strong message that this movement is here to stay.
Post-Katrina Reforms in New Orleans Continue to Disenfranchise African-Americans, Poor
Seven years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has become a laboratory for government reforms that often pit new residents against those who grew up here, rich against poor, and …
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Days of Rage: The Quebec Student Protest Movement and the New Social Awakening
From Paris, Athens and London to Montreal and New York City, young people are challenging the current repressive historical conjuncture by rejecting its dominant premises and practices.