Education

The Inconvenient Truth Of Education 'Reform'

By Jeff Bryant / Campaign for America's Future

Despite stated intentions to use education reform to advance civil rights, reform measures in their current frame are resulting in deep and pervasive civil wrongs.

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Bill McKibben: Ahead of Keystone XL Rally, Fossil Fuel Divestment Expands Across U.S. Campuses

By Amy Goodman, Aaron Mate / Democracy Now!

Nicholas Kristof is Wrong About Poverty; Education Isn’t a Turnkey Solution

By Chris Lewis / Campus Progress

Politicians Threaten to Kill College Funding Over Israel Boycott Panel

By Alex Kane / AlterNet

What Does the Ongoing School Bus Strike Really Mean for NYC Families?

By Emma Sokoloff-Rubin / Gotham Schools

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Education

How Sheriffs and Administrators are Turning Schools into War Zones

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

What You Need to Know About the Seattle Teachers' Rebellion and the Deeply Flawed Test That Inspired It

Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

AIG and Ethics: The Corporatization of Public Higher Education

Shepherd Bliss / Occupy.com

Schools Can't Do It Alone: Why 'Doubly Disadvantaged' Kids Continue to Struggle Academically

Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. / AlterNet

Why Congress Must Allow Students to Refinance Their Loans

Julie Margetta Morgan , Tobin Van Ostern / Center for American Progress

5 Shocking Ways the Christian Right Has Forced the Bible Into America's Schools

Rob Boston / AlterNet

Seattle Teachers Threatened with Suspension for Protesting Testing Mania

Brian Jones, Alan Maass / Socialist Worker

Arizona Bill to Force Students to Take Loyalty Oath

Igor Volsky / Think Progress

Is the Outrageous Exploitation of College Athletes Finally Coming to an End?

Travis Waldron / AlterNet

Where Are the Student Voices in the Gun Control Debate?

James Cersonsky / AlterNet

In CA, Standardized Teacher Evaluations Trip Over Wealth Gap

Esmeralda Fabian / New America Media

Why We Should Consider Letting High Schoolers Pick Their Classes

Marion Brady / The Washington Post

Why Aren't We Asking Teachers How They Would Improve Our Schools?

Kenneth J. Bernstein / Daily Kos

Texas Public School Teaching Kids That Jews Practice "Flawed Religion" and that Blacks Are "Descended from Ham"

Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch

How I Avoided College Debt With a Low-Impact Life

Bill Bilverstone / High Country News

Sleazy "Sugar-Daddies" Site Boasts That Soaring Tuition Rates Are Making More Women Desperate to Be Sex Workers

Amanda Marcotte / AlterNet

'It's Not Going To Be The Same': The School Year After Hurricane Sandy

Molly Knefel / AlterNet

Between Bullets and Bubble Sheets

Don Dudding / Rhetoric at the Rim of Reality

Teacher Rebellion: Refusal to Administer Standardized Testing Spreads in Washington

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

Will A “Bar” Exam for Teachers Improve Student Performance?

Andrea Gabor / Gotham Gazette

Seattle Teachers Stand Together to Refuse Testing for Students

Wayne Au / Rethinking Schools Blog

Texas Right-Wingers Want Their History Taught 'Politics Free'

Robert Jensen / Academe Blog

Should 8-Year-Olds Be Reading Stories That Glorify Rape?

Jennifer Holladay / Rethinking Schools

How Our Universities Have Been Turned into Corporate Marketing Centers

Jim Hightower / AlterNet

What's Worth Learning: How Outdated Curricula Are Failing America's Students

Marion Brady / AlterNet

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