Tag: education
New campaign: Classrooms Not Computers, stop education profiteering
The devil is in the details. The devil is in the data.
West Virginia teachers help vote out longtime foe of state’s unions
The teachers handed Republican state Sen. Robert Karnes his defeat as many participated in the GOP primary.
The kindly 87-year-old man who took all the school kids’ lunch...
There seems to be no corporate recognition of the shameful act of taking decades of societal largesse and then doing everything possible to avoid paying for any of it.
Meet the teacher of the year the White House doesn’t want...
In this era of border walls and refugee bans, and a rolling rebellion of teachers from coast to coast, all of us are fortunate to have a champion like Mandy Manning.
Arizona teacher who spent $2,000 of her $31,000 salary on school...
Zoe Hyde: "I had to get markers, crayons, pencils, tissues. All those supplies that you think are part of the education environment, I had to buy myself."
Arizona teachers historic statewide walkout is latest demonstration in #RedForEd movement
“This isn’t just a political issue, but a moral issue as well.”
Arizona’s uprising teachers build bridges, not walls
“It’s tough for those in power to penetrate these alliances.”
Americans believe climate change education should be taught in schools, recent...
The Yale Program on Climate Change (YPCCC) reported that in a national average, 78 percent of people polled responded they either somewhat or strongly agreed.
Special needs school fires educators for mocking autistic child on audio...
Instead of expressing a modicum of compassion for the special needs student, his teacher and a teacher’s aide incessantly derided the boy and his condition with open disdain.
Betsy DeVos needs an education on ethics
The student loan sharks who prey on veterans and single moms have a friend in Trump's education secretary.
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Israel accused of using aid as bait as over 300 Palestinians killed at food...
Palestinians seeking flour and water have become targets, with Israeli forces killing hundreds at so-called humanitarian aid points backed by the U.S.
America’s new Industrial Revolution
Will Donald Trump will be remembered ruefully as our country’s very own King Canute, who used the full force of presidential power in a failed, futile effort to halt the tides of technological change?
Martial Law in the United States
Trump will reverse the equation and use martial law to overcome public protest.
MAGA’s nightmare cult embodies the manic venom of old-time religion without the good
Like religious fundamentalism, MAGA Trump broaches no dissent, indeed feeds upon opposition to justify undeserved privileges, dividing the world between the saved and sinful deserving punishment.
Lessons from Vieques: Resisting US militarism, building unity
Our only hope is to learn from and center the past and present struggle in Vieques and everywhere else bearing the brunt of U.S. militarism, to clearly understand where our enemies converge.