Education
Obama budget draws praise, some complaints, from labor leaders
February 14, 2012The president's budget will be ignored in the GOP-run House, where Budget Committee Chairm Paul Ryan, R-Wis., intends to draft a proposal, which is expected to push killing of Medicare as we know it.
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Opposition grows to GOP schools proposal
February 13, 2012The National Education Association and a wide range of other organizations are opposing the proposal by the House's ruling Republicans to rewrite federal education law and school aid.
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Protests call for “Robin Hood” tax to fund jobs, education
February 10, 2012Chicagoans rally for redistribution of TIF money and a stock transaction tax to fund jobs creation, schools, libraries and clinics.
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Educators tell labor board: Restore our rights
February 9, 2012Graduate assistants and teaching assistants at New York University want their union rights back.
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Ravitch blasts corporate “school reform”
February 7, 2012Diane Ravitch, a national leader of the fight to defend public education, sounded the alarm about concerted efforts by corporate and right-wing forces to undermine democracy and destroy public education in the U.S.
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