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Getting Serious About Teaching Economics to Boost Developing Countries, Not Just the Big Guys
Overhauling the free market university curriculum must go further than addressing inequality.
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In Desegregation Case, Judge Blasts School Officials and Justice Department
A federal judge in Alabama says local school board has failed to meet legal mandate to integrate.
Interview: Corporatization of Universities Leads to Increased Academic Career Bias
Angela P. Harris speaks with Truthout about the challenges facing nonwhite and nonheterosexual academics and the increasing impact of the corporatization of universities.
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Defending Free Tuition in the Big Apple
The Committee to Save Cooper Union is pursuing legal action to defend the school's 150-year tradition of providing free tuition for all.
Creating Out of Crisis
From many sorts of crises, admittedly often related, new openings can also emerge.
Panel Discusses the School-to-Prison Pipeline
To end the violence there must be radical reform of the school and prison moderated by Marc Steiner.
Bill Ayers | With Teacher Tenure Threatened, Trouble in Every Direction for Public Education
The California teacher tenure case was cast as a group of poor kids suing to get rid of bad teachers. In reality, it's more about education privatization than education …
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Will Anyone Stop Charter School Corruption?
While touted as a market-based solution to education, charter schools are often plagued by the problems of under-regulation and low accountability.
Education Undressed: An Interview With Author Ruth Fowler
Author, critic and screenwriter Ruth Fowler advocates free education for all, a reimagined, less white feminism, and the dethronement of Creative Writing MFA programs.
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Meet the Groups Fighting Against Limits on Restraining School Kids
Republicans say it is a matter of states' rights.