education system
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Across the country: militant student protests against budget cuts
On March 4, students all over the country walked out of class and took to the streets to defend education.…
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Former student stands by Central Falls High teachers
The author graduated from Central Falls High in Rhode Island in 2003. Under the advisement of Superintendent of Schools Frances…
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Liberation Volume 4, Issue 4
Volume 4, No. 4: Washington Takes from the Poor to Give to the Rich On the cover: Taxpayers cover big…
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Rallies oppose closure of 19 NYC public schools
The author is a teacher in New York City. On Jan. 26, New York City's Panel for Educational Policy voted…
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Chicago workers hit streets to march for jobs
Hundreds of people marched through downtown Chicago on Jan. 18 to stop job, school, transit and budget cuts. Transit workers,…
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Massachusetts legislators step up attack on educators, public schools
The author is a teacher in Boston, Mass. The Massachusetts legislature stepped up its attack on public education by approving…
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Cash-strapped colleges favoring higher income students
According to U.S. News and World Report, hundreds of colleges across the country will be favoring admission of high-income students…
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Indiana slashes education funding in middle of school year
As government officials, economists and newscasters proclaim that the economic crisis is coming to a close or it is over,…
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Attacks on LA schools continue
Last week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan made a visit to Los Angeles. The Superintendent of LA schools, Ramon Cortines, felt…
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Public schools, teachers under attack in Detroit
Beware of the multiplying alarm bells in the news media about failing public schools. One needs only to look at…
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