Hundreds of state legislators from across the nation went to an "island" resort on the coast of Florida to a unique "education academy" sponsored by ALEC.
The overwhelming scientific evidence that says humans are causing the warming of the planet has emerged as the new battlefield in middle and high schools in the U.S.
Though National School Choice Week has some liberal support, its primary backers are deeply conservative activists whose goal is to dissolve public education in the US.
Unless we act now, the current $1 trillion student debt bubble is going to look small in 18 years—and the only ones able to go to college will be the children of the 1%.
A new report shows that full-time male workers in the United States were making less in real, that is, inflation-adjusted, dollars in 2009 than they were in 1969.
Andrew Jenkins, RH Reality Check. January 8, 2012.
Young people know intimately the role that sex and sexuality play in our daily lives and we know the detrimental consequences that a sex-phobic culture has on our futures.
The 99% is more generous, and gives primarily to the church, while the 1% is more connected to cultural institutions that offer some payoff in social status.
Kristin Rawls, Killing the Buddha. December 19, 2011.
From an evangelical home to over $100,000 in student loans and healthcare debt, one writer faces the ways in which even progressive Christianity comes up short.
Wendy Sefsaf, Immigration Impact. December 9, 2011.
While Freedom University offers undocumented students an education, a new company plans to purchase a boat where high-skilled workers may live and work off-shore.
Michele Waslin, Immigration Impact. December 1, 2011.
Not only did the young adults interviewed excel in school and in their careers, but they also chose careers that allow them to give back to the community.
Manissa McCleave Maharawal, AlterNet. November 27, 2011.
One week after arrests and beatings of students at CUNY and pepper-spraying at UC Davis, students plan bigger actions to fight tuition hikes and policing of education.
There's a vast difference in quality among public school districts in the US--and parents who try to enroll their kids in better schools may face severe punishment.
A new documentary, narrated by Matt Damon and based on a book by Dave Eggers and Nínive Calegari, shows another facet of the troubles teachers in the US face.
Michelle Chen, In These Times. September 26, 2011.
Teachers standing up for their rights on the job are providing a good example for their students, not "politicizing" education as the so-called reformers do.
Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. August 26, 2011.
Education expert Diane Ravitch and New York schoolteacher Brian Jones discuss the real problems with--and real solutions for--our public school system.
Most Americans oppose rule by the corporatocracy but don't have the tools to fight back. Here are three things we need to create a real people's movement.
