Topic: Education

  • Report: James Sacco

    Students walk out in Philly

    Some 2,000 Philadelphia students took action to protest racist school closures that will ravage the school district. May 23, 2013

  • Comment: Crystal Stella Becerril

    Every school is our school

    Days before the Chicago school board was to vote on closing 54 schools, thousands took to the streets for three days of marching to demand education justice. May 22, 2013

  • Comment: Brian Chidester

    Why Gist has got to go

    A Rhode Island teacher's open letter to Rhode Island politicians asks who will stand up in defense of public education. May 22, 2013

  • Comment: Laura Taylor

    Teacher-bashing gone viral

    A 90-second video of a student frustrated by what he sees as an uninspired learning environment has gotten national attention. May 22, 2013

  • Interview: Sherise McDaniel

    Fighting for our schools and neighborhoods

    A parent leader of the struggle to save one of 54 schools on the chopping block in Chicago talks about what's at stake. May 21, 2013

  • Comment: Jesse Hagopian

    MAP boycott scores a victory

    Seattle Public Schools waved the white flag with an announcement that high schools can opt out of the MAP standardized test. May 20, 2013

  • Lowering a flag at Hampshire

    A fake e-mail sent to the Hampshire College community raised issues about what the American flag means to international students. May 9, 2013

  • Report: Alan Maass

    Chicago students take a seat and a walk

    Chicago students organized a sit-in at an elementary school slated for closure and a walkout against firings at a high school. May 7, 2013

  • Analysis: Peter Rugh

    Big Brother is watching...our kids' test scores

    With the latest corporate intrusion into public education, Rupert Murdoch will be able to read your child's report card. May 2, 2013

  • Report: Rory Fanning

    You can't just take our school

    Parents, students and community members held a rally at a Chicago elementary school to take a stand against closures. May 1, 2013

  • Report: Brian Erway

    Resisting the Common Core

    In New York state, teachers, parents and students are beginning to organize against the standardized testing agenda. May 1, 2013

  • The powers behind education "reform"

    While there are differences in the education reform camp, the result for teachers and unions had been the same: disastrous. April 30, 2013

  • Comment: Amien Essif

    Over-tested and fed up

    Nearly 100 Chicago students walked out of high schools to protest the state-mandated Prairie State Achievement Exam. April 30, 2013

  • Statement

    May Day for the MAP boycotters

    Seattle teachers who are boycotting the MAP test are asking support during a day of solidarity scheduled for May Day. April 29, 2013

  • Report: Bill Mullen

    The fire this time at Purdue

    About 200 students and faculty at Purdue University marched through campus in response to a string of racist incidents. April 25, 2013

  • Comment: Kirstin Roberts

    Playing for schools we want

    Parents, teachers and educators went to CPS headquarters for a different kind of protest--to blow bubbles, dress up and play. April 25, 2013

  • Comment: Rigo Gogol

    Taking our kids' futures away

    Parents, teachers and students marched through Chicago's Southwest Side to illustrate the impact of one school closing. April 22, 2013

  • Report

    No to youth criminalization

    Some 300 Detroit students came together to protest the ramping up of criminalization of youth in public schools. April 15, 2013

  • Interview: Marjane Satrapi

    Who's afraid of Persepolis?

    The author of an acclaimed graphic novel censored by the Chicago Public Schools talks about the controversy--and challenging the status quo. April 9, 2013

  • Analysis: Rachel Cohen

    No closures without a fight

    Thousands of Chicagoans filled Daley Plaza to send a message of resistance to Rahm Emanuel and public school officials. April 3, 2013

  • Roundtable

    Testing isn't educating

    High school students in Portland, Ore., explain why they've joined the spreading boycott of standardized testing. April 2, 2013

  • Statement

    We, the students, have had it

    A new coalition of Chicago students against school closures held an action during spring break to target Mayor Rahm Emanuel. April 1, 2013

  • Speech: Maritere Silva

    We'll defend Chicago schools

    An activist explains that Chicagoans have a message for Rahm Emanuel: We won't allow him to destroy our schools. March 28, 2013

  • Comment: Peter Rugh

    Selling out our schools

    Parents and teachers in New York City are gearing up for a fight to save neighborhood schools from being dismantled and sold. March 27, 2013

  • Analysis: Lee Sustar

    Behind the racist school closings agenda

    Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to shutter 54 schools is the latest in a century of racist education policies in the city. March 26, 2013

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