Education

I Was Almost a Victim of the Student-to-Prison-Pipeline

By Alana de Hinojosa / AlterNet

Why are schools so eager to adopt police roles and assist in the creeping (and creepy) militarization of U.S. institutions?

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Why High School Students are Walking Out

By Jon Shelton / Portside

Philly Closes 23 Public Schools, Generously Builds $400 Million Prison Where Kids Can Hang Instead

By Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Why Student Loans Are an Even Bigger Sham Than You Know

By David Dayen / Salon

How Unpaid Internships and a Culture of Privilege are Sabotaging Journalism

By David Dennis / The Guardian

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Education

Could Senator Warren's Idea for Cheap Student Loans Help Make Rich Kids Richer?

Dean Baker / Beat the Press

Latino High School Grads Entering College At Record Rate: Let's Assure Their Success

Jaime Dominguez / AlterNet

It's No Coincidence that the Public Education and Poverty Crises are Happening at the Same Time

David Sirota / Salon

College Republicans’ Plan for GOP Rebranding: Seem Tolerant!

Alex Pareene / Salon

Last Week in Poverty: Taking On Sallie Mae and the Cost of Education

Greg Kaufmann / The Nation

Every Native American Child Left Behind: Sequester Guts Indian Education

Tanya Lee / New American Media

Former Students' Backs to the Wall on Loan Increase: Will Congress Do the Right Thing?

Travis Waldron / Think Progress

We Need to Address the Profound Stupidity That Afflicts America

William Boardman / Reader Supported News

Big Brother is Watching Your Kids: Florida School District Scans Students' Irises Without Parents' Permission

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

"They're not rational": 80-Year-Old Educator Speaks About Her Arrest in “Moral Monday Protests” Against Extreme Right-Wing Agenda in North Carolina

Jessica Ferrer / Naked Capitalism

A Closer Look at Michelle Obama's Speech: When Black Kids Want to Learn and the World Tells Them 'No'

Mychal Denzel Smith / The Nation

Even Harvard Grads Don't Want to Work on Wall St. Anymore

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Chicago to Shutter 50 Public Schools: Is Historic Mass Closure an Experiment in Privatization?

Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!

Ohio School District May Add Glenn Beck Conspiracy Theories To Curriculum

Igor Volsky / Think Progress

'Greed Is Good': Top 7 Most Piggish Commencement Speeches

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Why the Graduating Class of 2013 is Out of Luck

Gary Lapon / Socialist Worker

Cops Go Undercover at High School to Bust Special-Needs Kid for Pot: Why Are Police So Desperate to Throw Kids in Jail?

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

The Inside Story of a Harvard Dissertation Too Racist for the Heritage Foundation

Zack Beauchamp / Think Progress

Signs of the Coming Revolution in America's Education System

Jeff Bryant / Campaign for America's Future

Seattle Teachers, Students Win Historic Victory Over Standardized Testing

Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!

80-Year-Old North Carolina Educator: Why I Got Arrested Protesting Right-Wing Agenda for Schools

Barbara Parramore / AlterNet

There's a Major Assault on Democracy and the Public Good in Chicago, Led by Rahm Emanuel

Henry A. Giroux / Truthout

The Similarities Between the Charter School Movement and the War on Drugs

Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. / TruthOut.org

New York City Principals: 'We Won’t Use Test Scores to Screen Students'

Philissa Cramer / Gotham Schools

Nerds, Jocks and Jailed Dissidents: Inside the World of Israel’s High School War Resisters

Sarah Lazare / YES! Magazine

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