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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.

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.

Chicago teachers educate a nation

September 21, 2012 By PW Editorial

It was nine days that shook Chicago, the 2012 teachers' strike changed the nation.

Chicago teachers agree: Children do deserve better

September 11, 2012 By PW Editorial

The kids of Chicago deserve better. They deserve a mayor who doesn't use them as political props.

Winds of change blow strong in Cuban colleges

August 20, 2012 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Many regard Cuba's success in making education accessible and socially useful to have been a prime achievement of the Cuban Revolution.