Public Education
Big business drives Illinois anti-teacher bill
January 6, 2011CHICAGO - Under the guise of "school reform," big corporate foundations, banking and speculative hedge fund investors are pulling out all stops to ram an anti-teacher measure through the Illinois state legislature.
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CEO, with no education background, to run NYC schools
November 11, 2010Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed Cathleen Black to head New York schools.
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Chicago activists renew call for independent, progressive politics
July 15, 2010On Chicago's southwest side, a renewed call for independent and progressive politics takes hold, and a new teachers' union president challenges school closing policy.
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New Jersey forces families into “pay to play” scheme
July 5, 2010Ever since the November elections, the New Jersey middle class has been under attack from their newly-elected governor, Chris Christie.
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New York City rally in solidarity with University Of Puerto Rico students
May 19, 2010On the rainy afternoon of May 18, hundreds converged in front of the Manhattan office of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration (PRFAA), The group, made up of political, student and community representatives, came to demonstrate...
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