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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.

Reynoldsburg, Ohio teachers strike continues as Board of Education digs in

October 1, 2014 By Nick Ryan

Teachers in the small suburban community of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, returned to the picket line for their second week of striking.

Teaching Tolerance hosts webinar with “New Jim Crow” author Michelle Alexander

September 25, 2014 By Michelle Kern

Released in 2010, "The New Jim Crow" outlines the use of the justice system in the United States as a form of racial control that especially impacts young African American males.

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.

Chicagoans take to the streets against school cuts

July 23, 2014 By Scott Hiley

The meeting came on the heels of the announcement that CPS was cutting over $50 million from neighborhood schools and diverting it to politically connected charter school.