Elena Mora

Opinion

Make the peoplesworld.org your home page

March 23, 2010 By Elena Mora

What do Strongsville, Ohio; Pleasanton, California; Jefferson City, Missouri; and the Bronx, NY have in common? All were the setting for stories featured in the peoplesworld.org last week.

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Student loan victory

March 22, 2010 By Elena Mora

Young people and their parents had two reasons to celebrate yesterday's passage of the sweeping health care reform bill.

Labor

Bronx town hall promotes wage, health bill

March 9, 2010 By Elena Mora

A Bronx town hall meeting promoted a newly introduced City Council bill (Intro 18-2010) that would "guarantee good wages, health care and other benefits" to building service workers.

Opinion

The real impediments to good schools

March 5, 2010 By Elena Mora

Blaming teachers' unions for the "failure" of public education is at best a red herring, at worst a cynical way to sow division.

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The bottom line in the debate about charter schools

March 1, 2010 By Elena Mora

When it comes to New York City's public schools, one thing is not in dispute: there are problems, a lot of them.

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New York City threatens to evict public school in favor of charter

February 22, 2010 By Elena Mora

Privately-run, publically-funded charter schools are pushing out successful public schools in competition for scarce resources, leading to more segregation, more inequality.

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