education system
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Special-needs student wins transportation
Rayvaugh Jackson, a 6-year-old special education student in Chicago, reached an agreement to obtain transportation from Chicago Public Schools after…
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California government shows its true colors amid budget crisis
California, like much of the country, is in the midst of a deep economic crisis. The unemployment rate climbed to…
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Chicago teachers, unions, families fight assault on education
On Jan. 28, members of Chicago ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) joined more than 1,000 union…
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San Francisco teachers protest budget cuts
Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in front of San Francisco City Hall on Tuesday, Feb 3, to protest the budget cuts…
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Thousands of L.A. teachers march to stop budget cuts
On Jan. 29, Los Angeles teachers took to the streets to protest draconian state budget cuts on education and attacks…
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School segregation at highest level in decades
The legal segregation of U.S. public schools was supposedly halted in 1954 by the landmark Brown v. Board of Education…
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Miami mothers wage hunger strike against school budget cuts
Two Miami mothers, Bibiana Salmon and Malexys Morales, carried out a weeklong hunger strike to protest the more than $300…
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Military lures children with arcade recruitment center
The Army Experience Center, a 14,500-square-foot a military recruitment center targeting young children, has reported 37 recruits in its first…
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Arne Duncan wants free-market schools; people want free quality education
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Arne Duncan to become his secretary of education—a man whose name is often synonymous with…
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Students battle for military-free campus at Columbia University
Proving that no progressive gain can ever be safe from detractors, the 40-year-old ban on Reserve Officers Training Corps programs…
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