Group Of NYC High Schools Ditched Most Regents Exams
...hese less-than-lofty numbers. The 28 schools in the New York Performance Standards Consortium network boast graduation, college-going, and college retention rates that routinely top city, [...]
New State Law Will Lead To The Privatization Of Schools
...ey City, Newark and Paterson, N.J.; Memphis and Nashville, Tenn.; Detroit; and in Georgia. All of these districts have majority-minority student populations. Milwaukee Public [...]
Social Injustice Done To Adjunct Faculty: Call To Action
...or part-time students is $1,305 per credit hour, or $3,915 for a three-credit class. An adjunct faculty member at this institution is paid $3,000 per semester to teach a [...]
In Rust Belt Town That Covers Tuition, Economy Revives
...ived degrees. To increase the graduation rate, the group last year implemented support programs at Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo Valley Community College to offer mentorship, [...]
Life As A Drone Operator: ‘Ever Step On Ants?’
...ey look like they are up to no good, the student replied. Would you act on that? the instructor asked. Sure, the student said. Haas immediately pulled him [...]
Student Climate Activists Confront Board Of Education
Student climate advocacy group MoCo Students on Climate held a rally Friday to demand climate action from Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). [...]
18 States And D.C. Sue Betsy DeVos Over For-Profit College Loan Rules
...nown as the “borrower defense to repayment,” which helped forgive student loan debt for people whose for-profit colleges closed amid fraud accusations, leaving [...]
Denver Teachers’ Strike Was A Rejection Of Education ‘Reform’
...bilities, and longevity. ProComp is a creation of the education reform ideology which believes that the reason low-income students struggle in schools is because teachers [...]
Twenty-First Century Neoliberalism Is Failing – Where Do We Go From Here?
...it’s a now one percent that’s all the interest. They should be paying and the government can do that immediately overnight. You don’t even need to have legislation to do [...]
Student Victory: Georgetown University Divests From Fossil Fuels
...n comes after eight years of dedicated campaigning from GU Fossil Free; our members, past and present, could not be more proud. We are thrilled that our university has taken this important [...]
Fossil Fuel Industry Shifts from Climate Denial to ‘Youthwashing’
...that conversation. TAYLOR HEBDEN: That was Elaine Brown of the publication The Intercept. In her recent article titled How the Fossil Fuel Industry is Attempting to Buy the Global Youth [...]
College Students From The Korea University Student Association Entered US Embassy Residence
...lphones or using violence against the students. “Give me my cellphone! Why are you taking my cellphone? You must be crazy.” Male employee is using excessive force [...]
Studying Beyond Education For A World Beyond Capitalism
...ve study organization called the Experimental College of the Twin Cities (EXCO). The original Experimental College was founded at San Francisco State College in 1966. By appropriating money [...]
Chile: Nationwide Student Protests For Free Education
...man, 24, were both shot after allegedly trying to put graffiti and posters on the outside of a building. The 20-year-old son of the building’s owner was taken into custody by police for [...]
Stand With Student Climate Strikers
...re. Then on Monday, September 23rd, young people are joining people of all ages for a historic mobilization to #ShutDownDC for climate justice. The New York City Department of Education has [...]