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Corporations using LA election to exert control over schools
March 6, 2015The teachers' union, plus parents and community leaders, faced off against a powerful, well-financed challenge.
Read moreNegotiate now or face a strike, say L.A. teachers
March 3, 2015Red shirts filled LA's Grant Park last Thursday, across the street from City Hall, in a rally of educators, students, and parents.
Read moreGOP House panel OK’s partisan rewrite of education law
February 20, 2015"In reality, it would rob poor and struggling students of the resources, supports, and funding they need to succeed."
Read moreTeachers, unions weigh in as Senate panel starts rewrite of federal education law
February 6, 2015Ever since Bush's No Child Left Behind, teachers, parents, administrators and lawmakers have been at odds over how to judge schools, kids and teachers.
Read moreMexico’s federal police responsible for slaughter of student teachers?
January 12, 2015HRW is calling on the Obama administration to halt aid to Mexican security forces until human rights violations are investigated and prosecuted.
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