Education & Student Action

How To Make Higher Education Free Without New Taxes Or More Government Spending - Robert Samuels (1/2)

University of California AFT president Robert Samuels explains it is possible to provide free college education to all U.S. students, and as a consequence solve the student debt problem and the rising costs of tuition

February 14, 14

Universities Are Relying On Exploitation Of Part-Time Labor - Robert Samuels (2/2)

Though universities are often considered bastions of liberalism, they have in fact become leading models and producers of part-time and insecure labor, and this harming the quality of higher education, says Robert Samuels

February 14, 2014

Debate: Are Maryland Schools Ready for the Common Core Standards

Marc Steiner hosts a debate whether to delay implementation of the Common Core curriculum in Maryland schools and to cancel this year's MSAs (Maryland School Assessments), with: Dr. Jack Smith, Chief Academic Officer of the Maryland State Department of Education, and Cheryl Bost, Vice President of the Maryland State Education Association.

February 12, 14

Debate: Baltimore Teachers Vote On A New Contract

Marc Steiner hosts a debate between the President of the Baltimore Teachers Union Marietta English and dissident teacher Iris Kirsh on the merits of the new Baltimore teachers union contract, being voted on Thursday by union members

February 6, 14

State Cuts to Public Funding of Higher Education Responsible For Increases In Tuition Costs

Michael Leachman: Tuition costs are rising as states respond to the recession by cutting public funding to higher education, with cuts averaging 28% on a per pupil basis

February 3, 14

Government's Call for Less Police In School Doesn't Go Far Enough

Student activist Tre Murphy: Eric Holder and Arne Duncan's call for less use of zero-tolerance policies is a good start but much work remains to reign in the use of law enforcement in public schools

January 10, 14

Ben Franklin High School Incinerator Protest

A photo essay by Eric Kruszewski

December 20, 13

U.S. Student Homelessness Up 10% Since Last Year

Highest increases of homeless children seen in states like North Carolina where austerity policies predominate

November 28, 13

Parents Organize Boycott To End Standardized Testing of 4-year-olds

New York School believed to be first to reject testing in grades K-2, principal and 90% of parents support boycott and hope it helps spark nationwide movement

October 24, 13

Philadelphia Cuts School Nurses, 6th Grader Dies of Asthma Attack With No Nurse On Duty Pt. 1

Philly schools suffer 40 percent decline of school nurses in just two years due to budget cuts

October 12, 13

Philadelphia Cuts School Nurses, 6th Grader Dies of Asthma Attack With No Nurse On Duty Pt. 2

Philly schools suffer 40 percent decline of school nurses in just two years due to budget cuts

October 12, 13

Seattle Teacher Jesse Hagopian Schools NBC's Education Nation

Jesse Hagopian, a leader of Garfield High's historic test boycott, given rare opportunity to challenge corporate education reform policies at the Gate's funded Education Nation, a testament to the growing national opposition to high stakes testing

October 10, 13

Thanks to Gov. Corbett, Philly Schools Open Overcrowded and Understaffed

State control of Philly's public education has been a disaster

September 23, 13

Communities Fight Back Against "Racist" DC School Closures

Rania Khalek: School closings in DC and across the country have not improved educational outcomes.

September 23, 13

Congress Passes Student Debt Deal, but Fails Students in the Long Run

Alan Collinge: Student loan bill only perpetuates a system that preys on students

August 1, 13

Chicago Fires More than 2,000 School Staff as Crippling Cuts Deepen

Austerity deepens in Chicago this year with the firing of more than 3,000 total school staff after closing 50 schools

July 23, 13

Study Links High Stakes Testing to Higher Incarceration Rates

A new study reveals states with high school exit exams have higher rates of incarceration and lower graduation rates

July 19, 13

Student Loan Interest Rates Double

Lendman: Student loan industry is a racket, students should get the same low- interest loans as banks.

July 2, 13

Philadelphia Slashes Schools Budget While State Spends $400 Million on New Prisons

Philadelphia communities fighting back against planned cuts that disproportionally impact low income and African American communities

June 17, 13

Chicago Closes 50 Public Schools, Spends $100 Million in Taxpayer Funds on Private College Stadium

Activists say national union leadership needs to give more support to Black and Latino working class families fighting school closures

May 30, 13

Chicago Teachers and Parents Launch Three Day March Against 54 School Closings

Increased gun violence expected in Chicago as school closings will force students to cross gang lines in America's deadliest city

May 19, 13

Massive Cheating Scandals Rock School Districts Nationwide

New allegations of test impropriety under Michelle Rhee in Washington DC follow 35 criminal indictments in nation's largest ever cheating scandal in Atlanta

April 20, 13

Occupy The Department of Education

A four day occupation warns of the privatization of schools turning education into a privilege instead of a right

April 23, 13

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis on Fighting School Closures

Chicago Teachers Union President discusses defending Chicago's Public Schools

April 4, 13

More than 100 Arrested Protesting Mass School Closings In Chicago

Teachers, workers and activists hope to pressure Chicago to abandon plans to close 61 schools

April 10, 13

Civil Disobedience Planned in Chicago to Oppose Unprecedented Mass School Closings

Teachers, parents and activists to get arrested protesting the closing of 54 Chicago schools

April 10, 13

Solution to Student Debt is to Get the Banks Out of the Education Business

Michael Hudson: Crippling student debt, which is also a drag on the whole ecnonomy, developed as governments pushed the burden of higher education costs onto students and pushed them into the arms of the banks

April 9, 13

New Orleans Parent and Activist Karran Harper Royal at "Journey for Justice" Hearing in DC

Part 3 of TRN's coverage of the "Journey for Justice" DOE Hearing on School Closings

January 31, 13

Chicago Parent and Activist Jitu Brown at "Journey for Justice" Hearing in DC

Part 2 of TRN's coverage of the "Journey for Justice" DOE Hearing on School Closings

January 31, 13

Parents and Students Demand Nationwide Moratorium on School Closings

"Journey for Justice" activists rally in DC to DOE investigate alleged Civil Rights violations in school closings

February 1, 13

Student Movement Marks Radical Shift in Chilean Politics

While students have not achieved their demand for free quality public education, movement develops new strategies with an eye towards upcoming 2013 elections

December 20, 2012

As Strike Ends, Chicago Teachers and Activists To Fight School Closings

Activists with "Journey For Justice" demand national moratorium on school closings

September 20, 12

Chicago Teachers Union Votes to End Historic Strike

Chicago Teachers say fight to defend public education ongoing

September 20, 12

Chicago Teachers Strike Enters Second Week

Chicago Mayor Emanuel seeks court injunction to force teachers back to work

October 29, 12

Chicago Teachers Strike Enters Fourth Day

Labor unions back striking teachers, while Democrats remain silent

September 13, 12

Chicago Teachers Strike Rooted in Community Struggle

Chicago teachers fighting bipartisan consensus over "corporate" education reform

September 12, 12

TRNN REPLAY: Chicago Teachers Strike Rooted in Community Struggle

Chicago teachers fighting bipartisan consensus over "corporate" education reform

December 29, 13

Tens of Thousands Rally to Support Striking Chicago Teachers

Historic Chicago teachers strike enters second day

September 11, 12

Chicago Teachers Launch Strike for Better Pay, Benefits and Work Conditions

30,000 strong Chicago Teachers Union strike for first time in quarter century

September 10, 12

Do Obama Policies Help Baltimore Schools?

Baltimore Activists say "Race to the Top" harming Baltimore students and teachers

September 6, 12

Quebec Students Continue Resistance

Report on the Quebec student movement's July mass protest and future plans

July 30, 12

Does the American Elite Want Real Public Education?

Third in our three part series about education policy and the US Presidential Elections

July 12, 2012

Romney's Education Policy

Second in a three part series about education policy in the US Presidential elections

July 11, 2012

Obama's Education Policy

First in a three part series about education policy in the US Presidential elections

July 11, 12

Growing National Movement Against "High Stakes" Public School Testing

New York parents and students say testing mania obstructs learning and hands money to private companies

June 19, 12

Hundreds Rally to Fight for Philadelphia Public Schools

Philadelphia communities outraged by austerity and school privatization

June 14, 12

Quebec Student Strike Gathers Wide Support

Worldwide marches held in solidarity with striking Quebec students

June 4, 12

Quebec Students Resist State Repression

Paul Jay talks to Jérémie Bédard-Wien, Student Organizer, CLASSE

June 4, 12

Occupy Wall Street bangs pots and pans with students in Quebec

Occupy Wall Street activists took to the streets of New York to march for affordable education and against police repression, in solidarity with the massive, ongoing student uprising taking place in Quebec and now spreading across the world.

June 1, 12

Protests Against Brutal Repression and Draconian Law in Quebec

Lawyers join students in protest against Quebec Bill 78

May 30, 12

Quebec Student Movement Grows with Popular Support

People from Montreal's communities bang pots and pans to show support as students broaden demands

May 29, 12

250,000+ Defy Anti-Protest Law in Quebec

Jeremie Bedard: Students will insist on their rights to education and their right to protest

August 29, 12

Dozens of Philadelphia Public Schools on Chopping Block

Students, parents, teachers, rally against a proposed radical restructuring of the public school system

May 18, 12

Student Debt and Education as a Right

As debt mounts students forced into job choices just to make payments

May 16, 12

Quebec's Maple Spring

May 1st in Montreal was a display of how the student strike is part of Quebec's larger struggle against neo-liberalism

May 29, 12

New York Students Allege Police Harassment for Fighting School Closure

Activists want charges dropped and 5,000 police removed from New York public schools

May 11, 12

Quebec Students Rejecting Tuition Deal

170,000 students remain on strike as assemblies vote to reject government offer

May 9, 2012

Quebec Students Demand Education as a Right, Continue Strike

J Bedard: Students almost unanimously reject government deal, willing to lose year if necessary

May 11, 12

How did Quebec Students Mobilize Hundreds of Thousands for Strike?

Three students discuss the role of direct democracy and political demands in building a massive movement

May 4, 2012

Teachers, parents push back against high stakes testing

Growing outrage as Obama admin pushes more tests

April 23, 2012

Over 165,000 Students On Strike in Quebec Over Planned Tuition Hikes

Students lead tens of thousands in protests against tuition hikes and neoliberal reforms of Quebec government

April 16, 12

(De)segregation and the Mexican American Studies Ban in Tucson, Arizona

Is Tucson Unified School District's MAS suspension at odds with a decades old federal desegregation order?

April 12, 2012

New Yorkers Fight "Turnaround" School Closures

26 schools targeted for firing teachers and changing school administrations to qualify for millions in federal grants.

May 11, 12

“Librotraficantes” Smuggle Banned Books Into Tucson, Arizona

Students and activists set up “Underground Libraries” of books prohibited in suspended Mexican American Studies classrooms

March 21, 2012

Despite public outcry, Chicago approves closure of 17 schools

Students, parents and teachers outraged over school privatizations

May 11, 12

Teachers Risk Jobs to Blow Whistle on School Management Firm

Teachers and parents speak out ahead of key vote on Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to turn more schools over to private management firm ahead

May 11, 12

Tucson Students Stage Walkouts, Teach-Ins Over Suspended Mexican American Studies Program

Students organize school of ethnic studies to teach "forbidden" curriculum

February 10, 2012

Shills and Cruel Jokes

Labor Beat: Parents and teachers protest "show trial" hearings they say are being used close their Chicago schools

May 11, 12

New York Students Walkout Against School Closures

Students and teachers oppose plans to close up to 60 schools this year

May 11, 12

Educators use Occupy Movement to Defend Public Education

An unequal financial system contributing to poverty and joblessness is a focus of the Occupy movement, but little attention is paid to educators

November 7, 2011

Tucson Militarizes Public School Board Meeting

Battle over the future of ethnic studies in Arizona rages on

May 12, 2011

Extended interview with Rev. C. Gatewood

North Carolina Student and Teacher Protest

May 10, 2011

Students and Teachers Fight Education Cuts in North Carolina

Thousands of students and teachers take to the streets opposing Republican controlled North Carolina State Assembly bill to cut education budget

May 11, 12

Tucson Students Occupy School Board Meeting to Defend Ethnic Studies

Students in Tucson, Arizona take over school board meeting to prevent controversial vote

May 3, 2011

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