Education
AFL-CIO blasts big business prison profiteers
September 10, 2013The nation's prison population exploded from 500,000 to 2.2 million between 1980 and 2011, in the decades since the for-profit business of incarceration was born.
Read moreToday in labor history: Social reformer Jane Addams is born
September 6, 2013Addams was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, a social Christian, and a leader in the women's suffrage and peace movements. She was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Read morePresident Obama rolls out higher education plan
August 26, 2013President Obama debuted his new proposal for curbing costs of higher education.
Read morePhilly coalition demands quality education for all
August 23, 2013They came to deliver a message to the School Reform Commission (SRC), the mayor and governor: "Restore funding for Philadelphia schools!"
Read moreU.S. faults accreditation panel in City College of San Francisco ruling
August 19, 2013In a significant win for City College of San Francisco, the U.S. Department of Education issued a letter that could turn the tables on the accrediting agency.
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