Education

Californians March into the Heartland Californians March into the Heartland

Holding the budget hostage while state unemployment tops 12 percent, California growers and their political allies have slashed funding for schools and social services. The March f...

Mar 17, 2010 / David Bacon

Students Protest Education Cuts Students Protest Education Cuts

With the economy struggling to recover, funding for public higher education has taken an inevitable hit. But across the country, students are saying: Think twice before depriving us, and your state, of our futures.

Mar 16, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

How Sports Attacks Public Education How Sports Attacks Public Education

 On Thursday, I was proud to take part in a student walkout and talk some sports.....

Mar 4, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Multicultural Classes Criticized as Indoctrination Multicultural Classes Criticized as Indoctrination

The University of Minnesota is drawing criticism for proposing curriculum that would teach education majors about things like institutionalized racism.

Feb 22, 2010 / StudentNation / Morgan Ashenfelter

Ideas for Change in America Ideas for Change in America

As today's young adults struggle to balance the rising costs of a postsecondary education with countless other financial obligations, many public universities burdened with budget ...

Feb 19, 2010 / Peter Rothberg

Save the Child Save the Child

But don't ignore the structural inequities that make the child's salvation necessary in the first place.

Feb 18, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Anne Frank’s Diary Too Explicit for School Anne Frank’s Diary Too Explicit for School

Va. school system's censoring of Anne Frank's Diary raises questions of when, if ever, it's appropriate to restrict books in schools.

Feb 10, 2010 / StudentNation / Morgan Ashenfelter

The (Il)legality of Unpaid Internships The (Il)legality of Unpaid Internships

Not being paid for work is illegal, so why aren’t unpaid internships?

Feb 3, 2010 / StudentNation / Morgan Ashenfelter

Faculty Protest Texas Football Coach’s Raise Faculty Protest Texas Football Coach’s Raise

University of Texas football coach Mack Brown is getting a $2 million bonus while the rest of campus is tightening its belt.

Jan 5, 2010 / Column / Dave Zirin and Snehal Shingavi

Are Student Loan Companies Playing Politics With People’s Jobs? Are Student Loan Companies Playing Politics With People’s Jobs?

Lenders claim that cutting their federal subsidies in order to give grants to students would put tens of thousands out of work--but the numbers just don't add up.

Dec 9, 2009 / Pedro de la Torre III

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