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.
Ashfaq Yusufzai, IPS News. October 27, 2009. Between 2007 and 2009 alone, a total 188 schools for girls and 97 for boys were destroyed by the Taliban in Swat, displacing some 500,000 students.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. September 16, 2009. Tasers aren't 'nonlethal'; they've killed hundreds. With younger people being especially vulnerable to the Taser's shock, the risks could be very deadly.
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.
Jamison Foser, Media Matters for America. September 4, 2009. It has come to this. Right-wingers are telling children to skip school as a protest against Obama's encouragement of students to stay in school.
Anthony Jackson, AlterNet. July 24, 2009. We need to address persistent underachievement and high dropout rates while developing the competencies required for global competitiveness.
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.
Kelli Conlin, AlterNet. September 19, 2008. Kids that don't get sex ed in school don't run to the Bible for information -- they get their ideas about sex from sordid teen dramas.
Lea Hartog, Michael Fox, Sierra Magazine. September 11, 2008. Here are the top 10 colleges and universities that are doing the most to protect the environment.
Deb Price, AlterNet. August 11, 2008. Court decisions across the country give school officials a timely reminder that gay kids have the right to express themselves.
A Siegel, Energy Smart AlterNet: Environment. June 13, 2008. A bill that will create greener schools cleared the house, but faces a tough fight in the Senate and President Bush's veto.
Corinne Gregory, Lisa Finan, Huffington Post. May 19, 2008. Let's ask ourselves the tough questions about why there's so much bullying in schools, and actually be willing to be honest with the answer.
Amanda Paulson, Christian Science Monitor. January 28, 2008. Schools, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest, are looking more and more like they did during segregation.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. May 10, 2007. Liz Langley: Because teachers shouldn't have to pay for their own supplies and because every child should know the joy of art...
