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Students nationwide rally for public workers

March 4, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

More than 10,000 students and supporters rallied nationwide during a national day of action to defend public education and the rights of public workers.

Nashville sound: Solidarity

March 1, 2011 By Jack Stafford

400 union members and supporters gathered at the State Capitol here to show solidarity with workers in Wisconsin.

Philly students, teachers assail top-down school “reform”

February 28, 2011 By Ben Sears

A spirited rally by 500 parents, students, teachers and others Feb. 25 protested decisions the district is imposing in the name of "school reform."

Nationwide actions urge full funding for Head Start

February 28, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Among $61 billion in draconian cuts in the federal spending bill the Republican-dominated House of Representatives passed last week is $1.1 billion in funding for Head Start, a cut of 22 percent.

Shocker: Providence, R.I., officials fire all teachers

February 25, 2011 By Susan Webb

Some are calling the firing of the city's 1,296 public school teachers a "back-door" Wisconsin.