Education

Why Won’t Congress Reform the No Child Left Behind Act? Why Won’t Congress Reform the No Child Left Behind Act?

Congress has been unable to pass NCLB reform because the Tea Party has eroded the decade long bipartisan consensus on education policy.

Aug 18, 2011 / Press Room

Why Won’t Congress Reform the No Child Left Behind Act? Why Won’t Congress Reform the No Child Left Behind Act?

Congress has been unable to pass NCLB reform because the Tea Party has eroded the decade long bi-partisan consensus on education policy.

Aug 18, 2011 / MSNBC

Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education

Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education

Chilean students are no longer willing to accept mountains of debt to gain an education, and they have have taken over university campuses demanding accessible education for all of...

Aug 18, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation and Brittany Peterson

Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education

Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education

Chilean students are no longer willing to accept mountains of debt to gain an education, and they have taken over campuses to fight for greater access to the country's universities...

Aug 18, 2011 / The Nation and Brittany Peterson

Teaching Sexuality Education

Teaching Sexuality Education Teaching Sexuality Education

Our country’s inability to untangle matters of religion, politics and public health puts sexuality education teachers and their programs at an enormous risk. 

Aug 17, 2011 / StudentNation / Anna Lekas Miller

Can Teachers Alone Overcome Poverty? Steven Brill Thinks So Can Teachers Alone Overcome Poverty? Steven Brill Thinks So

The journalist blames teachers unions, not economic inequality, for students’ failure to achieve.

Aug 10, 2011 / Feature / Dana Goldstein

Rethinking Politics in the Classroom Rethinking Politics in the Classroom

We need a mandatory course in every high school that looks at society through the lens of ethics and morality, rather than efficiency and productivity.

Aug 10, 2011 / Feature / Daniel Judt

Why Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Crisis Should Matter to All Educators: Interview With Dr. Rudy Acuna Why Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Crisis Should Matter to All Educators: Interview With Dr. Rudy Acuna

Award-winning historian and educator Dr. Rodolfo “Rudy” Acuña discusses the Tea Party’s chilling attack on his work.

Aug 10, 2011 / StudentNation / Jeff Biggers

20 Percent of Veterans in College Have Planned to Commit Suicide

20 Percent of Veterans in College Have Planned to Commit Suicide 20 Percent of Veterans in College Have Planned to Commit Suicide

A new study says colleges are unprepared to educate the more than one million veterans expected to enter institutions of higher learning in the next decade. 

Aug 9, 2011 / StudentNation / Kevin S. Donohoe

Right-Wing Billionaires Invest in Wisconsin’s Recall Elections Right-Wing Billionaires Invest in Wisconsin’s Recall Elections

As part of a push to privatize schools, rich conservatives are pouring a fortune into a campaign to defend Republicans who support school choice schemes.

Aug 8, 2011 / John Nichols

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