Michigan rally slams Republicans' "Education Inc." agenda
LANSING, Mich. - Pam Kirchens believes that a free quality public education is the cornerstone of a democratic society and that every child in Michigan deserves access to equal and excellent public education.
In response to school closures, a new movement is born
A new national movement for education justice has been born all across the country, to defend public education from those who would destroy it.
Those pushing school reform have never been in a classroom
Respect teachers? The Republican-dominated Michigan legislature has done the exact opposite.
Students strike vs. standardized tests, school closings (with video)
High school students went on strike today, refusing to participate in the second day of standardized testing.
Suit filed to stop Michigan's emergency manager law
What is happening in Michigan "is a threat to everyone in this nation," said Al Sharpton. "If you get away with it in Detroit, you can get away with it all over the nation."
Thousands rally against school closings, vow "the fight has just begun"
Thousands of teachers, parents, students and city residents protested the announcement by Chicago Board of Education that it will close 54 schools effecting 30,000 students.
Bus tour solicits New Yorkers' priorities for schools
NEW YORK - After more than a decade of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's corporate restructuring of public education, a coalition of community groups hit the streets to ask New Yorkers, especially parents, what their priorities really were.
University of Wisconsin takes off its cap
What a rat race! No, I don't mean the auto industry or Silicon Valley, or even the vicious corporate American scene. I mean academia.
A fog of lies surrounding Chicago school closings
Ninety percent of students affected would be African American, an action that would be another destabilizing blow to African American communities.
The people have spoken: Save our schools!
Hundreds of students, teachers, parents, staff members, and allies packed Chicago's Fuller Park Fieldhouse Thursday night.
