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5 Right-Wing Governors Gutting Schools to Fund Prisons, Tax Breaks for the Rich...And a Bible Theme Park

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. February 9, 2012.

When state after state slashes education dollars, we see what matters to them--and where they spend while cutting schools tells us even more.

Corporate Education Reformers Plot Next Steps at Secretive Meeting

Dustin Beilke, PR Watch. February 5, 2012.

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.

Conservatives Use Creationist Playbook to Attack Climate Change Education in Schools

Bill Walker, AlterNet. January 26, 2012.

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.

Why Is an Atheist High School Student Getting Vicious Death Threats?

Greta Christina, AlterNet. January 18, 2012.

Her state representative has called the student "evil" and she has been threatened with violence, rape and death. What gives?

Reefer-Mad Feds Step Up Medical Pot Crusade and Threaten Colorado Distributors

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. January 13, 2012.

Colorado US Attorney sent letters to 23 medical marijuana dispensaries and their landlords across Colorado warning them to shut down in 45 days, or lose their property.

Young People and Sex Education: Moving Beyond Scare Tactics and Fearmongering in 2012

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.

Standardized Tests Hurt Kids and Public Schools: Teachers, Parents Take a Stand Against Corporate-Backed Test Regime

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. January 4, 2012.

Teachers, parents and activists are organizing to fight standardized testing in schools -- and the big companies that profit from the tests.

Madness: Even School Children Are Being Pepper-Sprayed and Shocked with Tasers

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. December 21, 2011.

An alarming series of incidents offers some insight into how casual police have become about deploying "less lethal" weapons.

20 Years in Prison for Sending Your Kids to the Wrong School? Inequality in School Systems Leads Parents to Big Risks

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. October 19, 2011.

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.

"Poverty Is the Problem" With our Public Schools, Not Teachers' Unions

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.

How Rupert Murdoch Could Get His Hands On Your Kid's Information--And It's Legal

Erica Hellerstein, AlterNet. July 20, 2011.

Rupert Murdoch hired former NYC schools chancellor Joel Klein to help him profit off of "school reform"--but progressive groups are raising the alarm.

As Women Lose Ground in Latest Round of Jobs Numbers, Can We Stop Talking About the "Mancession"?

Lynn Parramore, New Deal 2.0. June 9, 2011.

The recent jobs report shows an uptick for female unemployment. So much for the ‘mancession’!

Walker's Disastrous New Budget Could Devastate Schools, Cities Across Wisconsin

Amy Goodman, Mary Bottari, Democracy Now!. March 2, 2011.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has unveiled a budget slashing aid to schools and local districts, cutting an estimated 12,000 jobs.

High School Atheists Are Organizing -- Why Are Schools Pushing Back?

Greta Christina, AlterNet. February 22, 2011.

High school non-theist groups are getting dedicated support from a national organization but their schools are flipping out. What does this mean for the future of atheism?

We're Hip to the Dangers of Lead and Asbestos in Old Buildings, But We're Only Just Getting Wise to the Risks Posed by PCBs

Monona Rossol, AlterNet. January 1, 2011.

Schools across the country are loaded with compounds known to cause major skin irritations and hair loss, and we still aren't aware of their full effects.

Vision: The 5 Smartest Policies Enacted by American Cities in 2010

Amy M. Traub, DMI Blog. December 23, 2010.

Developers wanting tax breaks had to ensure that workers in the taxpayer-subsidized hotels, supermarkets, or office buildings were paid the industry-standard prevailing wage.

Time for a Drinking Water Fountain Renaissance

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. September 23, 2010.

Wait a minute: free drinking water ISN'T available in all of our school cafeterias?? We have to pass a LAW requiring that free water be made available to children in lunchrooms?

Evangelicals' Stealth Mission to Sneak Jesus into Our Public Schools

Rob Boston, Church and State. August 13, 2010.

Fundamentalist evangelists are hiding their religious agenda to sneak into public schools and preach to a captive audience of students.

How Giant Food Corporations Are Giving Kickbacks to Schools to Get Their Products on Kids' Trays

Ed Bruske, Grist.org. July 17, 2010.

The reason why kids are served sugary cereals, Pop-Tarts, Otis Spunkmeyer muffins, and flavored milk that has nearly as much sugar as Coke or Mountain Dew.

The Tragic Ways Our Schools Shortchange Latino Students

Ray Suarez, Race-Talk. July 12, 2010.

Latino families have the highest workplace participation rates in the country. Yet few of their kids end up graduating from college. Why?

Would You Hire Your Own Kids? 7 Skills Schools Should be Teaching Them

Tony Wagner, AlterNet. May 28, 2010.

Schools aren't teaching the skills our kids need. Why?

The Preposterous Reality: 25 Hedge Fund Managers Are Worth 680,000 Teachers (Who Teach 13 Million Students)

Les Leopold, AlterNet. April 10, 2010.

"It’s going to take a lot of political will — over a long period of time — to reorder our most basic economic values."

Detroit Schools' Offering Classes in How to Work at Walmart Attacked as 'Subservient Worker' Training

Muriel Kane, Raw Story. February 12, 2010.

The announcement of the program has caused some outrage on behalf of students. "This is not why parents send them to school," says one watchdog.

The New Racial Segregation at Public Schools

Tim Lockette, Teaching Tolerance. February 4, 2010.

In 1990 over 40 percent of black students in the South attended majority-white schools. Now less than 30 percent of students do — 1960s numbers.

American Youth in the 21st Century: Pathologized, Criminalized and Disposable

Henry A. Giroux, AlterNet. November 16, 2009.

Young people today face imprisonment, the prescription of psychotropic drugs, psychiatric confinement, and zero tolerance policies that model schools after prisons.

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