Privatization
NLRB slams Postal Service for Staples privatization deal
August 20, 2014And half the U.S. Senate now opposes U.S. Postal Service management's plan to close 82 more distribution centers.
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Chicagoans take to the streets against school cuts
July 23, 2014The meeting came on the heels of the announcement that CPS was cutting over $50 million from neighborhood schools and diverting it to politically connected charter school.
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Teachers unions to Education Secretary Duncan: Leave!
July 18, 2014The AFT convention has a blunt message for Education Secretary Arne Duncan: You flunk the test of helping the nation's schools and kids, so leave.
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Education counter-revolution in England sounds awfully familiar
June 24, 2014The Conservative-led coalition government in the UK has embarked on a "shock therapy" deregulatory binge across the English education sector.
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Texas Republicans jump back in time
June 10, 2014It was the largest almost-all-white political gathering of its size in recent times. Advocates of "open-carry" rallied outside with assault rifles. Inside, more reactionary events occurred.
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