education system
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Veterans exploited by for-profit colleges
For-profit colleges, which are simply money-making schemes with false promises of higher education, have made hundreds of millions of dollars…
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Rights of university students and workers expanded in Venezuela
The Venezuelan National Assembly has passed a new law to include students, workers, professors and local community members in the…
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L.A. teachers and parents fight school privatization
Teachers and parents are fighting against McKinley Elementary being taken over by private education group Celerity. Petitions were sent to…
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Senate votes against Dream Act
On Dec. 18, the Dream Act was filibustered and failed to pass in the U.S. Senate. The proposed law would…
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California’s undocumented students win legal victory
The California Supreme Court recently validated the use of in-state tuition for undocumented students at the state's public universities and…
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UC students, workers fight latest tuition increase
On Nov. 18, the full board of the University of California regents approved an 8 percent tuition hike for fall…
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Bloomberg appoints Hearst Magazines CEO to lead schools
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the current chancellor of education, Joel Klein, would be resigning to take…
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Teachers and students lose out with ACLU-LAUSD agreement
On Oct.5, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and the Los Angeles Unified School District reached an agreement…
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Baltimore teachers reject contract
On Oct. 13, Baltimore's teachers voted down overwhelmingly a proposed new contract for the city's public school system, dealing a…
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‘Superman’: partial truths and misrepresentations
On Sept. 24, filmmaker Davis Guggenheim's "Waiting for Superman" hit theaters. Since its release, the film has sparked gushing praise…
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