N.Y. to slash literacy funding
Though illiteracy here and across the U.S. continues to be a growing social problem, efforts to combat it are under attack by the city and state legislature, under the guise of reigning in runaway spending.
Court strikes blow against equal Internet access
A blow was struck to equal access to the Internet by a federal appeals court this week.
Chicago students walk out to protest education cuts
More than 500 high school students walked out of classrooms at public schools city wide to massive education budget cuts.
White House to fight attempts to weaken finance reform
Deputy Treasury Secretary Neil Wolin declared yesterday that "the administration will oppose efforts to provide exemptions for certain kinds of lenders."
Mourners stage vigils for miners; Blankenship updates Twitter page
Hundreds of mourners staged candlelight vigils in West Virginia towns the evening of April 7 honoring the 29 coal miners who died in the explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine, Monday April 5, and for the four missing miners.
Megan Fox to governor, “Don’t terminate our teachers”
Megan Fox fights for public education in a great, new video.
Major jobs bill faces GOP filibuster vow
A day after Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., vowed to block all future jobs bills, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights called on members of Congress to co-sponsor the Local Jobs for America Act.
Peace activists say Obama’s nuclear policy a good start
President Obama introduced a new nuclear weapons policy Tuesday with the aim of reducing nuclear weapons and a promise that America would no longer build them.
Federal panel grills Greenspan, Citigroup on predatory lending
The nation's subprime crisis will be in the news from Wednesday to Friday this week as the federal government's Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission begins a new round of hearings.
Rallying for more schools, it's a Bronx cheer for Bloomberg
Bronx residents send a message to Bloomberg and the Department of Education: More schools!
