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Education in America
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Illinois Universities Face Closures, Layoffs as State Budget Impasse Continues
As lawmakers in Springfield fail to pass a 2016 budget, college students are “being held hostage.”Â
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Detroit Sick-Out Critics Frustrated They Can’t Blame it on the Teachers Union
For the past several months, teachers in Detroit have been organizing to protest their unsafe and underfunded public schools. These working conditions, the teachers argue, negatively impact both their ability to teach and students’ ability to learn. And students are indeed struggling: Detroit public school students consistently earn the lowest reading and math test scores […]
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School Desegregation Lawsuit Threatens Charters
A provocative civil-rights case in Minnesota could influence school integration efforts nationally.Â
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Acting Education Secretary Champions Economic, Racial Integration
Acting Education Secretary John B. King has signaled that racial and socioeconomic integration will now take center stage in federal education policy.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Sanders College Tour Spotlights Black Student Power
Independent senator and Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders has launched a tour of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), in an apparent bid to reach out to young black voters who so far favor Hillary Clinton in the polls. In visiting HBCUs, Sanders is casting the spotlight on institutions that have given black students, who have […]
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Janus: Son of Son of Bush v Gore
Janus, like Friedrichs before it, accomplishes two things: It smashes unions and could help defeat Democrats.
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Charged with Firing Teachers for Organizing, a Chicago Charter Network Settles
The deal, which Urban Prep agreed to this week, represents the largest unfair labor practice settlement for charter teachers to date.Â
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New Education Law Sparks Civil Rights Concerns
While in many ways an improvement over No Child Left Behind, the new education law could make closing the “achievement gap” more difficult.Â
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Anti-union SCOTUS Challenge Threatens Church-State Separation
The Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case not only puts public-sector unions in danger, it risks opening a new chapter in the war over religion in public schools.Â
