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California teachers fight to save their union and the schools

March 25, 2015 By Michelle Kern

Unionized California teachers are among the many categories of workers nationwide whose unions are under attack by anti-labor lawmakers.

Yale strike victory celebration looks to the future

February 4, 2015 By Joelle Fishman

"Today it's your turn to step up to the plate and help other workers without unions organize, just as those unions stood with you 30 years ago."

Silicon Valley breeding nationwide schools-for-profit scheme

October 2, 2014 By David Bacon

Nearly every metropolitan area these days has its own wealthy promoters of education "reform." Few areas, however, have as concentrated a group as Silicon Valley.

U.S. schools more segregated than in 1954

August 28, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The new segregation, by class and income, harms students just as the old state-legalized segregation in the Solid South did.

Despite parent protest, Simeon closes electricity-training class

August 7, 2014 By Shelby Richardson

On a near perfect summer evening here, July 31, about 75 parents along with a number of students filled the Simeon Career and Technical Education auditorium.