Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Tag: education

‘Educational arson’: Trump moves to abolish Dept. of Education amid broader...

We speak to longtime educator Jesse Hagopian about what he calls an “extremist, authoritarian power grab to dismantle public education and enforce ideological conformity.”

University of Toronto students score a win for the climate—and campus...

“This victory shows students have the ability to enact institutional change."

A progressive vision for education in the 21st century

This system spans early childhood education, K-12 education, higher education, and workforce development—each piece a load-bearing support for the American dream.

Israel’s scholasticide and the irrelevance of US politics: 11,923 Palestinian...

“With more than 80 percent of schools in Gaza damaged or destroyed, it may be reasonable to ask if there is an intentional effort to comprehensively destroy the Palestinian education system, an action known as ‘scholasticide.'”

Chicago teachers want to transform their city into a ‘system of...

Headbutting and friction continue in the battle of big ideas vs. entrenched leadership.

Knowledge is power. Gaza war supporters don’t want students to have...

Silence is complicity, and that’s the way Israel’s allies like it. For them, the new academic term restarts a threat to the status quo.

Republican judge blocks student debt relief rule before it’s finalized, delaying...

The Biden administration has been working to alleviate the burden of student loans, especially for long-term borrowers who have been repaying loans for decades.

Private fortunes vs. public education

That era of growing equality and expanding public education would start fading in the 1970s. Over recent years, a new U.S. Senate report makes clear, that fade has only intensified.

Can humanity repair its relationship with nature? Weaving Earth Education Center...

This all-ages education center reminds us that “we are a part of this earth, not apart from it.”

Sanders unveils billionaire plot to undermine US public education: $9 million...

A new report by Sen. Bernie Sanders exposes a well-funded campaign by right-wing billionaires to privatize public education and divert critical funds from public schools.

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The Lorain County Administration Building in Elyria, Ohio, where the county commissioners meet and striking Job and Family Services workers have picketed. Photo by WeaponizingArchitecture / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lorain County caseworkers reach day 180 of a strike over a dollar an hour

Union officials told the bargaining chair the walkout may be the longest in Ohio public sector history, a claim the county's newspaper could not confirm. Commissioners point to an $11 million deficit.
Arch Street Friends Meeting House in Philadelphia, a property of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, the lead plaintiff in the case. Photo: ajay_suresh / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Appeals court upholds order limiting ICE arrests at Quaker, Sikh and Baptist houses of...

The Justice Department never argued a compelling government interest before the district court, and the Fourth Circuit held that defense waived.
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Oracle drops lawsuit over Wisconsin rules that shield utility customers from data center debt

Twenty-three states had approved special rates for the largest power users by May, and Oracle's own credit rating now sits below the threshold Wisconsin regulators set.
Constitution Center at 400 7th Street SW in Washington, which houses the headquarters of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Photo by Tim1965 / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Bank regulator clears a Trump family crypto venture to open a national trust bank

The OCC's own decision letter records four commenters raising conflict-of-interest objections involving the president and his family, and the agency placing most of those questions outside the scope of its review.
A Renaissance fresco of the biblical flood with the ark afloat

‘My religion’s better than yours’ – so there!

To fix all truths on realms invisible Strikes skeptics as inadmissible.