Education
Indiana teachers join nationwide movement to save public education
March 11, 2019Tax money meant for public schools has been diverted to a failing charter school system. Indiana teachers are saying enough is enough.
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Judge finds NCAA guilty of illegally capping athletic scholarship values
March 11, 2019NCAA student-athletes generate extraordinary revenue but say they only get modest benefits in return. A judge handed them a partial victory, but still ruled against a free-market approach.
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Oakland teachers’ strike victory: Billionaires won’t determine our kids’ futures
March 5, 2019Along with salary increases, teachers also won a pause on school closures and a moratorium on publicly-funded but privately-run charter schools.
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The 1968 L.A. high school walkout celebrated in new student-written oratorio
March 5, 2019What if you attended a high school where you were forbidden to use your own native language (even though it’s one that was taught as a subject there)?
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Oakland teachers share apartments, work second jobs in order to survive
March 4, 2019Shared apartments, hour-long commutes, and weekend jobs -- Oakland teachers are doing what they can to afford to stay in the profession they love.
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