Education

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...

Wisconsin set to teach labor history

November 4, 2009 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Shouldn't it be natural for public schools to put front and center labor history?

New Yorkers protest education cuts

October 29, 2009 By Dan Margolis

Teachers, students and others are horrified at the prospect of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of mid-year budget cuts to public education - and they're fighting back.

UC panel: Keep higher education public and affordable

October 28, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

BERKELEY, Calif. - Keeping California's public higher education both public and affordable was the theme as a star-studded panel gathered with hundreds of faculty members, students and concerned community members on the University of California campus...