Public Education
Today in labor history: 200,000 students boycott Chicago public schools
October 22, 2014Civil rights groups organized the boycott and demonstration against segregated schools and inadequate resources for black students.
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Arizona voters dump two right-wingers
September 2, 2014The majority of Arizonans were delighted to see the state's incumbent attorney general, Tom Horne, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, John Huppenthal, defeated.
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Despite parent protest, Simeon closes electricity-training class
August 7, 2014On a near perfect summer evening here, July 31, about 75 parents along with a number of students filled the Simeon Career and Technical Education auditorium.
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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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New teacher union movement is rising
June 2, 2014Teacher unions must unite with parents, students and the community to improve public schools so that we have healthy communities and a vibrant democracy.
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