E-Mails Show Jeb Bush Foundation Lobbied For Businesses, Including One Tied To Bush E-Mails Show Jeb Bush Foundation Lobbied For Businesses, Including One Tied To Bush
Newly released e-mails show the former governor's foundation quietly promoted his corporate partners, including a company he's invested in.
Jan 31, 2013 / Lee Fang
How to Raise a Progressive Kid in Alabama How to Raise a Progressive Kid in Alabama
It takes effort—and often money.
Jan 30, 2013 / Nona Willis Aronowitz
Is Federal Education Policy Racially Discriminatory? Is Federal Education Policy Racially Discriminatory?
Who ends up being most affected by urban schools closings?
Jan 28, 2013 / Melissa Harris-Perry
One in Six Philadelphia Public Schools Is Targeted For Closure One in Six Philadelphia Public Schools Is Targeted For Closure
Philadelphia students, teachers and allies—including a majority of City Council members—are pushing back against the district's proposed closing of thirty-seven sch...
Jan 28, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
When Universities Sell Art: The Case of Columbia’s Rembrandt When Universities Sell Art: The Case of Columbia’s Rembrandt
Columbia’s Rembrandt, sold in 1975 for $1 million, is back on the market—for $47 million.
Jan 22, 2013 / Jon Wiener
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (1/18/2013) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (1/18/2013)
This week: Standardized testing and armed guards in schools, the story behind Facebook Graph Search and questions of black female agency in Django Unchained.
Jan 20, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Wrong Responses to Gun Violence The Wrong Responses to Gun Violence
Will Obama's order to increase "school resource officers" funnel more of our students through the school-to-prison pipeline?
Jan 18, 2013 / The Nation
A Good Matron Is Hard to Find A Good Matron Is Hard to Find
New York City’s school bus drivers and aides do a tough job where experience matters.
Jan 18, 2013 / Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Why Do Democrats Want More Police in Schools? Why Do Democrats Want More Police in Schools?
It's the wrong response to incidents like Newtown.
Jan 11, 2013 / Lori Bezahler
How the Study of History Can Contribute to Global Citizenship How the Study of History Can Contribute to Global Citizenship
We can truly know only that which we have made: human history.
Jan 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stanislao G. Pugliese