The PBS-aired educational program 3-2-1 Contact was one of the best things on TV in the 1980s.
There’s only one way to make sure no more young girls are body-slammed by uniformed officers.
The teachers strike revealed a desire for change within Palestinian society, which cannot happen without a change in the education system. Turning back now, would mean a bigger problem for any protest, any movement, any advocacy in the future.
If you say you’re on the freedom side, then that means you will join us in asking the rich to pay their fair share; calling on the city and state to stop the attacks on public and higher education; in asking the banks to end their predatory deals that strip vital dollars from our schools; in fighting for stronger neighborhoods and job creation, and access to health care and not just health insurance.
Ever wondered why kids say they’re bored at school, or why they stop trying when the work gets harder? The wrong kind of praise actually harms young people.
John Dewey's classic has had a profound impact on how progressives and others think about education. In this review, Catherine R. Stimpson evaluates this landmark book of educational theory and finds that it has a lot to tell us about social life outside the classroom as well.
Let’s offer thanks for small favors when someone -- in this case, ex-Army Ranger and TomDispatch regular Rory Fanning (author of Worth Fighting For: An Army Ranger’s Journey Out of the Military and Across America) -- feels the urge to do something about the massive, militarized propaganda effort in our schools. In my book, Fanning is the equivalent of any 12 of our generals and we need more like him both in those schools and in our country. Tom Engelhardt
Spike Lee and the senator from Vermont he supports for president — both of whom hail from Brooklyn — meet for the first time to talk free education, guns, a certain "demagogue" and Obama's legacy on the eve of the crucial New York primary.
The Chicago Teachers Union’s strike today is a challenge to the rest of labor to break anti-union rules.
With student loan growth rates spiraling out of control, it behooves us to think through the ways other time periods and cultures have monetized, funded or not funded student labor.
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