Education – Page 80 – People's World

Threatened Philly school closings face growing resistance

December 14, 2012 By Ben Sears

The district announced the names of the schools to be shuttered; in the late afternoon a dense crowd of hundreds of protesters massed on the steps of district headquarters.

AFT proposes setting higher standards for teacher training, entry into profession

December 10, 2012 By Press Associates

"Too many new teachers enter our schools feeling unprepared. We shouldn't tolerate that in a profession so important to our country's future."

Public education under attack, say Michigan school superintendents

December 6, 2012 By John Rummel

Republicans are shamefully using the lame duck legislative session to ram through extremist legislation to overhaul public education in radical and dangerous ways.

Unions focus ads on “fiscal cliff” issues

November 26, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

"The voters spoke loud and clear and rejected any cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security."

Lesson for the day – stop Fat Cats from robbing our schools

November 15, 2012 By John Bachtell

TIFs - or Tax Increment Financing - is a method powerful financial interests have devised to divert public monies to private coffers.