Cameron Samuels (Center) started a movement against censorship in Katy,Texas and students are standing strong. They honored them for Banned Books Week as Youth Honorary Chair for distributing banned books and packing school board meetings. Young people call on the nation to not be silent and defend their rights because they feel no others will.
Pointing out that "Black history is American history," Prof. Kelly Harris gives an overview of some of the state legislation pending that would censor or prevent the teaching of Black history and discusses the importance of a comprehensive understanding of American history.
UC Davis PhD student and UAW union member discusses the significance of the UC student worker worker strike, the demands, particularly of the lowest paid workers the settlement process now underway.
Striking UC graduate student workers are willingly getting arrested in acts of civil disobedience, viewing the strategy as a way to escalate their work stoppage, now in its fifth week. A main demand is raises that reflect the cost-of-living in California, one of the most expensive states to live in.
Oakland school board candidates who voiced opposition to school closures won the recent school board election. They will join current board members to form a new board majority that will have the power to prevent Oakland school closures.
Chicago City Colleges Adult Education program is vital to education and life-long learning for diverse student populations yet the program faces cuts. Together, students, teachers, and community allies will bring education justice to our communities.
Chicago City College teachers and staff picket every City College demanding adequate compensation considering inflation, affordable health insurance for part-time professionals, and other necessities.
Oakland City Council member Carroll Fife discusses her findings and a success story after touring neighborhoods to ensure that Oakland communities are clean and safe for everyone.
A group of half a dozen families from Parker Elementary in Oakland, CA have occupied the school until OUSD reverses its decision to close it. Jasionna spoke eloquently at the school board meeting where students demanded the school board reopen the school.
When a group of moms found out that their children’s school would be permanently closed, they made a promise to each other: They would try everything in their power to keep Parker, a 96-year-old East Oakland school, operating.
A walk out of students at Huntington High School in West Virginia took place on February 9, 2022 after their school opened its door to a Christian revivalist minister.
Mass struggles by parents, educators, and students for safe schools took center stage in a global fight to stop the pandemic. In Chicago, schools are overcrowded, poorly ventilated, dirty; some even without soap. Students are walking out in protest around the globe.
The system proclaims: “Everybody back to school. Do not let your child fall behind. The schools are safe.”
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CHICAGO, IL — During this...
The destruction of our public school system in favor of privatized corporate run schools began long before Trump, under both Republican and Democratic ...
When the “Emergency Manager” for Detroit Public Schools (DPS), Steven Rhodes, announced there were insufficient funds to continue paying teachers what they are ...
The dismantling of democracy is wreaking havoc in Michigan. A corporate dictator law passed in 2011 authorizes the governor to dispatch Emergency Managers ...
On March 2, the Board of Trustees at John A. Logan Community College in Carterville, Illinois, voted to lay off 55 employees in an effort to resolve ...
College attendees have become history’s new proletariat—their famous hammers and sickles now traded for exorbitantly priced text books and greasy spatulas. ...
I am a high school student in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Even back in middle school, I have always been aware of police on my ...
An ominous specter is haunting Chicago Public Schools (CPS) this fall and winter, the specter of scandals, budget cuts and layoffs. The latest shoe to drop ...
Twelve people—teachers, parents, grandparents—began a hunger strike in early August to get Chicago Public Schools to re-open Walter Dyett High School ...
Illinois, and particularly Chicago, are notorious for their brazen addiction to wealth, corruption and waste. Meanwhile, there are now over 20,000 homeless students in Chicago Public Schools ...
The sledgehammer came down on the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on May 22: the school board voted to close 49 schools, “turn around” another five, and “co-locate” 11 more schools ...
Students, parents, teachers and supporters have held several protests to stop the closing of Oakman Elementary Orthopedic School which specializes in teaching children with ...
The public school system in America is being gradually eliminated. Is it because it is the last area whereby corporations can create for-profit schools and the fact that our minority ...
On May 3, President Obama proclaimed May 5-11 National Charter School Week. The Chicago Tribune noted that this was an affront to Obama’s supporters in the teachers’ ...
On March 12, activists and organizers throughout the Los Angeles area gathered to participate in El Camino College's 1st Annual Social Justice Fair. The fair was organized by students Robert DeWitz and ...
Against a backdrop of horns and marching bands, thousands of teachers, parents and students streamed into Daley Plaza in Chicago on March 27. Chanting...
Budget cuts have slashed college workforces and denied hundreds of thousands of students the seats they worked for. Yet some faculty and staff leaders...
On October 1, 2012, Michigan's Governor Snyder, through Maura D. Corrigan, his Director of the Department of Human Services (DHS), has implemented a new...
In recent months, the mainstream press has been extensively covering the impact of robotics on unemployment and the jobless recovery. Technology is replacing human...
ATLANTA—“No Child Left Behind” and “Race to the Top” are educational policies put into place by the government as “reform” measures. Actually these programs...
When the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) voted to end their strike, teachers around the country applauded their accomplishments. The union had resisted the corporate...
Preparations for the strike started before the Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) took office. We attended school closing hearings, charter school opening ...
On November 6, 87% voters in the affected precincts found their way to the end of the ballot and voted yes for an elected school board—this despite some irregularities ...
