Education
GOP panel cuts 43 education programs
June 6, 2011The GOP-run House Education and the Workforce Committee voted 23-16 on party lines May 25 to eliminate 43 elementary and secondary education programs.
Read morePeople’s World hosts awards banquet in New York
June 2, 2011Local People's World readers and contributors held their annual Better World Awards banquet May 29, focusing on the fight for quality public education.
Read moreGingrich youth poll test proposal draws fire
June 2, 2011Newt Gingrich told assembled voters that young people should be required to take a poll test before being allowed to vote.
Read moreNation’s biggest union fast tracks Obama endorsement
June 1, 2011Delegates to the convention of the National Education Association will vote on whether to immediately endorse Democratic President Barack Obama for re-election.
Read moreIllinois House to vote on state DREAM Act
May 27, 2011The Illinois version does not include a path to citizenship, but its seen as a move to counter some of the anti-immigrant measures being proposed nationwide.
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