Aaron Glantz, AlterNet. May 2, 2008. He doesn't care if we're in Iraq for a hundred years, but when it comes to the veterans who've served over there, the senator is AWOL.
Ariela Migdal, Huffington Post. April 8, 2008. Sexual assaults continue to plague college campuses. Too often, university officials look the other way -- especially when athletes are involved.
Daniel DiRito, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. April 4, 2008. A recent report indicates an alarming number of Americans are failing to complete high school.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. March 27, 2008. Disturbing and infuriating footage of creationists manipulating young children on anti-evolution tours of museums.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Election 2008. March 19, 2008. Franken talks with Dave about the strength of his Senate campaign in Minnesota and the excitement all across America for a progressive agenda.
Kay Steiger, Campus Progress. March 3, 2008. Last week, abstinence-only advocates invaded a hearing on Capitol Hill about sexual health education. Here's what happened.
Ben Armbruster, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. February 19, 2008. A 2005 national review gave Florida’s science standards a failing grade because of its "superficiality of the treatment of evolutionary biology."
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. February 5, 2008. Throwing money at the nation's top colleges and universities perpetuates educational inequality.
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. December 5, 2007. Amanda Marcotte: Texas is a state to be watched, because so many right wing ideas and strategies hatch there only to be exported elsewhere.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. November 27, 2007. Scientists might not be sure exactly how it works, but musically and artistically inclined students are better readers and mathematicians.
Paddy, Brave New Films AlterNet: PEEK. November 13, 2007. Paddy: The House fell three votes short of winning a veto-proof margin as it sent the measure to Bush.
Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: PEEK. November 7, 2007. Howie Klein: Critics in Texas contend that schools are buying Bush's signature product because of political considerations.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. November 6, 2007. No Child Left Behind imposes serious consequences on schools for low test scores, but regarding dropout rates -- where students are literally left behind -- it barely does anything.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. October 29, 2007. Closing the education gap between races requires a critical look at early education and health care disparities -- not unfounded statements that black people are less intelligent.
Kristina Rizga, AlterNet: PEEK. September 28, 2007. Kristina Rizga: Here's a closer look at some key provisions of the bill, sponsored by Sen. Ted Kennedy and Rep. George Miller (D-CA).
Linda Perlstein, Columbia Journalism Review. September 24, 2007. Why one reporter says she had to leave her job at a prestigious newspaper to adequately cover educational inequities in America.