Education
Carolina NAACP head calls for civil disobedience to protest “resegregation”
June 23, 2010RALEIGH, N.C. - William Barber II, state NAACP chairman, this week called for mass civil disobedience July 20 to protest moves to "resegregate" public education in Wake County.
Read moreMillions at risk of being left behind in rising college economy
June 18, 2010A new study released this week finds that as the economy struggles to recover, and jobs slowly return, there will be a growing disconnect between the types of jobs employers need to fill and number of...
Read moreUnion baiting equals hating
June 9, 2010A couple of months ago, I heard Joel Klein, head of New York's Department of Education, blame the teachers' union contract for the fact that there are a lot of Jewish holidays on the school calendar
Read moreThe otherworldly attack on public education
June 3, 2010The crisis in U.S. public education is beginning to read like something out of the theater of the absurd.
Read moreJudge blocks furloughs for CUNY faculty
May 28, 2010NEW YORK - Union leaders say the injunction issued today, May 28, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence Kahn is a victory for both the Professional Staff Congress and the City University of New York students.
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