schools
Shady bond deals at root of Chicago school funding crisis
February 11, 2016Over a billion dollars of taxpayer money will be diverted from Chicago's school children to high interest loan payments to bankers over the next three decades.
Read moreTeacher sickouts close almost all Detroit schools
January 20, 2016Nearly all Detroit Public Schools (DPS) are closed Wednesday, as teacher sickouts which began last week continue.
Read morePhilly coalition presses the fight for public schools, resists charter blitz
January 11, 2016The fight to save and improve the city of Philadelphia's public schools has a long history.
Read moreGetting racism out of school curricula
January 11, 2016How much progress have we made in getting racism out of our schools since the Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education?
Read moreGun control alone can’t curb violence
January 7, 2016Dealing with entrenched poverty costs real money, but less than we spend on the police, jails, drugs, alcoholism, and chronic illness - the dysfunction that comes from poverty.
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