More than half of American colleges and universities are using criminal background checks to screen applicants, potentially affecting college aid and tax credits.
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The Charter School Business
And how to keep it from being the charter school racket: An interview with Bruce Baker.
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In Free Speech Turnabout, Public Officials Seek to Silence Students
A spate of student protests over racial discrimination on college campuses this fall and winter has triggered a backlash from critics who cast student demands as an affront to free speech. But a dustup this week over legislation introduced in the Missouri legislature suggests that students’ own First Amendment protections may be at risk. On […]
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School Closures Hurt Communities, Advocates Warn
As President Barack Obama signed a sweeping education overhaul into law, opponents of school closures gathered on Capitol Hill.
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New York City Tackles School Segregation
The nation’s largest and most segregated school system has finally taken steps to diversify public classrooms citywide.
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Black Lives Matter—And Beyond
We need not just common consciousness of the multiple forms of discrimination, but a grand coalition of decency against all the forces of the lunatic right.Â
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Can Teachers Unions Help Online Charter Schools?
After a lengthy battle, California teachers have won the right to form a union in their online charter school network.
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Can Affordable Housing Help Retain Teachers?
With pay and benefits on the decline, districts from San Francisco to Newark aim to attract teachers through subsidized housing.Â
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Students Nationwide to March for Debt Relief and a $15 Minimum on Campus
Inspired by Bernie Sanders’s call for a million students to march on Washington, thousands of students, faculty, and workers are demanding debt cancellation and $15 minimum wage on campus.
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The Mizzou Scandal Shows Why Black Colleges Are Still Vital
University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe’s resignation Monday underscores how even in 2015, majority-white institutions remain potentially unsafe places for black students. The events leading up to Wolfe’s resignation-the racist verbal assaults on campus, the swastika written in feces in a residential hall, and ultimately the administration’s inadequate response to students’ concerns-are all too familiar […]
