Education – Page 37 – People's World

Judge finds NCAA guilty of illegally capping athletic scholarship values

March 11, 2019 By Al Neal

NCAA student-athletes generate extraordinary revenue but say they only get modest benefits in return. A judge handed them a partial victory, but still ruled against a free-market approach.

Oakland teachers’ strike victory: Billionaires won’t determine our kids’ futures

March 5, 2019 By Marilyn Bechtel

Along with salary increases, teachers also won a pause on school closures and a moratorium on publicly-funded but privately-run charter schools.

The 1968 L.A. high school walkout celebrated in new student-written oratorio

March 5, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

What if you attended a high school where you were forbidden to use your own native language (even though it’s one that was taught as a subject there)?

Oakland teachers share apartments, work second jobs in order to survive

March 4, 2019 By Sally Ho

Shared apartments, hour-long commutes, and weekend jobs -- Oakland teachers are doing what they can to afford to stay in the profession they love.

Ontario government cuts university funding, opens door to privatization

January 31, 2019 By People’s Voice

Even with a right-wing agenda laid increasingly bare, there are many labor leaders focused only on preparing for the next provincial election three and a half years away.