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Walkout!: Seattle’s Garfield High School Students and Faculty Pledge Walkout on 10/23 Against Budget Cuts
Last Friday it was announced that our school had until the following Friday, October 24th, to raise $92,000 or else one of the teachers in a core subject area …
New Factories Have Jobs You’d Really Want – and These Chicago Kids Are Skilling Up to Get Them
Manufacturing jobs are returning to the US, but to fill them weu2019ll have to train a new generation of workers.
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Suit Against Kern County Schools Alleges Disproportionate Discipline for Students of Color
Action follows stories highlighting harsh punishments for blacks, Hispanics.
Henry Giroux on the Rise of Neoliberalism
Neoliberalism is the antithesis of real democracy because it feeds on inequality; it feeds on privilege, it feeds on massive divisiveness, and it feeds on a theater of cruelty.
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The Resurgence of the Public Education Nation
The growing movement against corporate-style education reform comes together around the question: What are we for?
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Charter School Power Broker Turns Public Education Into Private Profits
Baker Mitchell is a politically connected North Carolina businessman. Every year, millions of public education dollars flow through his chain of four charter schools to for-profit companies he controls.
Renaissance of Courage: On Public School Responsibility
Black prophetic fire, according to Cornell West can be summed up as a deep love for justice, love of the poor and working people and a love for black …
Democracy and Education in the 21st Century and Beyond: An Interview With Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky discusses education and indoctrination, the 1960s, the Powell memorandum, democracy, the creation of ISIS, the media and the way “capitalism” actually works in the United States.
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Why Are Teach for America and a California Billionaire Investing in a Minnesota School Board Race?
Don Samuels received from several well-heeled national organizations and various people associated with Teach for America, which has been called a “political powerhouse” for its growing influence in policy …
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Applying to College With a Criminal Record
Colleges are staging areas for economic success and personal prosperity. They should not create new barriers to entry.