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Keep Cesar Chavez in Texas textbooks, UFW urges

January 11, 2010

The United Farm Workers of America is urging supporters to stop the Texas state Board of Education from eliminating Cesar Chavez and other historic Latino leaders from public school textbooks.

Protests continue vs. cuts in Calif.’s public higher education

December 17, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

Despite looming finals and the oncoming holidays, students, staff and faculty at California's public colleges and universities continue to protest.

Pell Grant program faces $18 billion shortfall

December 10, 2009

The unexpected rising enrollment of college students has created an $18 billion shortfall in the Pell Grant program.

Kids arrested for food fight

November 11, 2009

When it comes to zero tolerance policies and disciplinary action for schoolchildren, where do you draw the line?

New York state budget: the money is there, if you look for it

November 10, 2009 By Dan Margolis

Yesterday, Gov. David Paterson made a speech before an extraordinary joint session of the State Senate and Assembly, pushing the legislative bodies to accept his plan to alleviate the state's more than $3.2 billion deficit for...