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UC students, faculty and staff mobilize against cutbacks
The tens of thousands of working - class students who attend college at one of the 10 University of California…
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Bushwick 32 teach lesson in organized struggle
Earlier this year, 16 Black and Latino youths from the Bushwick section of Brooklyn won $257,000 collectively in damages from…
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Teachers fight back against charter schools
Upset over long hours, low pay, and high turnover, teachers in charter schools are increasingly choosing to fight back and…
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Cal State University hikes fees, students fight back
The writer is a student organizer at California State University Long Beach. Hundreds of students and allies protested on the…
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Los Angeles unions fight school privatization effort
The writer is a public school teacher and member of UTLA. On July 14, the Los Angeles Board of Education…
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Boston school resegregation vote delayed
Local parents, teachers, students and community organizers won a victory for the students of Boston June 3 when the superintendent…
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Boston School Committee moves to further segregate schools
The Boston School Committee is attempting to rezone the city’s school district. The changes would further segregate a school system…
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The case for affirmative action
The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the U.S. Supreme Court has become a pretext for a new volley of right-wing…
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Los Angeles teachers’ struggle against layoffs, budget cuts intensifies
In the past few weeks, the teachers’ struggle in Los Angeles has intensified against threatened layoffs, and benefit and budget…
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Legacies of racism, sexism impact student promise
A recent Stanford University study reveals that women and students of color are losing the academic achievement struggle. The study,…
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