Education – Page 125 – People's World

Expect major changes in No Child law, officials say

February 2, 2010 By Pepe Lozano

The Obama administration is proposing major changes to the nation's No Child Left Behind education law.

Howard Zinn: people’s historian

January 28, 2010 By Norman Markowitz

Howard Zinn died yesterday but he will live on, as future generations read his A Peoples History of the United States and say "Wow!"

Oregon delivers ‘tax the rich’ message

January 27, 2010 By Susan Webb

Oregon voters sent a message to the nation yesterday, raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy to prevent cuts in education and other public services.

AFL-CIO launches online college

January 26, 2010

AFL-CIO is joining the National Labor College and the Princeton Review to launch an online College for Working Families.

Re-envisioning public schooling

January 25, 2010 By Michael Robert Langdon

A new model of public education should offer lifetime schooling for everyone, including "screw-ups" and "drop-outs."