Education
Massachusetts educators elect a new progressive union leadership
May 23, 2014Madeloni ran on a platform of maintaining and strengthening union rights, labor solidarity, organizing, and opposition to the privatization of public education and to high-stakes testing.
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Today in labor history: First U.S. public school established
May 20, 2014On May 20, 1639, the first American public elementary school was established. This was arguably the beginning of the idea of free public education for all.
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White House tackles college sexual assault
May 9, 2014A new report released by the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault says that one in five college women suffers sexual assault.
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#Bring our girls home
May 9, 2014A wave of revulsion has spread worldwide over the news of the kidnapping of young girls from a school at Chibok, in Borno State in Northwestern Nigeria by the violent Boko Haram sect.
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After Supreme Court decision, “Being Black at U of M” just got harder
April 29, 2014In my first political science class at U of M, I quickly realized I was only one of a handful of African American students in a lecture class of 200.
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