Jed Lewison, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. September 8, 2009. Already, infamous for cramming conservative agendas down the throats of America's youth, some GOP blowhards are crying foul on Obama.
Susan Henking, Religion Dispatches. August 27, 2009. A recent study finds that certain majors are likely to make students less religious. Why is this such a big deal?
Ben Armbruster, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. July 16, 2009. So-called "experts" are pushing for more emphasis on religion's role in the colonies while aiming to eliminate actual historical events.
Sara Robinson, Campaign for America's Future. June 26, 2009. Our current system has robbed us of the chance to save, educate ourselves, see the world and live to a robust old age.
Milagros Melendez-Vela, New America Media. June 16, 2009. In 2008, 21 workers graduated from a new training program in Maryland. This year the graduating class increased by 70 percent.
Margaret Wheeler Johnson, AlterNet. June 13, 2009. Author Matthew Crawford publishes a jeremiad against white-collar culture and the educational system designed to populate it.
William Astore, Tomdispatch.com. June 1, 2009. By only viewing education as a way to a higher-paying job we're giving a free pass to the prevailing machinery of power.
Peter Schmidt, AlterNet. May 23, 2009. The results are campus environments where disregard for society is socially accepted, where misguided students are encouraged to become worse.
Anna Clark, RH Reality Check. April 10, 2009. Rejecting abstinence-only funding is only one part of the movement to empower young people. There's much more to do.
Andy Kroll, Tomdispatch.com. April 3, 2009. Attending a four-year public college may soon be out of reach for all but the wealthiest. This is the greatest assault yet to the American dream.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. March 28, 2009. Unless we take hold of the reins we will be cursed with a more ruthless form of corporate power wielded through naked repression.
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. March 16, 2009. In the last decade, record numbers of immigrants have fueled the greatest growth in public schools since the baby boom.
Dalton Conley, The Nation. March 16, 2009. A new report shows that in terms of aggregate health, education, purchasing power, security and general well-being, the U.S. has been in decline.
Ali Frick, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. March 13, 2009. Gov. Mark Sanford's rejection of $700 million in stimulus funds could cripple South Carolina's educational system.
Martín E Martínez, New America Media. March 12, 2009. The U.S. government needs to do more to help new immigrants learn English and promote integration nationwide.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 11, 2009. The more the president's detractors push the White House to scale back its agenda, the more Obama pushes back.
Pam Chamberlain, The Public Eye. March 3, 2009. Abstinence-only sex ed is a tool of ideological management that is deeply entrenched in American culture and social policy.
Julien Brygo, Le Monde diplomatique. February 12, 2009. Two million American families have opted out of state and private school systems to teach their children at home, often without qualifications.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. December 13, 2008. So do mean girls. Studies show that women's contributions at work are less likely to be recognized than men's, and it's not for lack of ambition.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. December 9, 2008. Don't expect the so-called experts to fix it either. They can't. They are loyal to the decaying political and financial systems that empowered them.
