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    Students and Teachers Defend Public Education


    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

    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

    Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis on Fighting School Closures
    Chicago Teachers Union President discusses defending Chicago's Public Schools

      April 4, 13

    City College of San Francisco and Public Education Under Attack
    Hundreds of students, faculty, and community supporters of the City College of San Francisco rallied at City Hall to demand an end to cuts and layoffs and full funding of public education

      April 10, 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

    Seattle Teachers' Boycott of High Stakes Tests Spreads
    Educators nationwide support growing Seattle teacher boycott of high stakes tests

      January 24, 2013

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 Demand Education as a Right, Continue Strike
    J Bedard: Students almost unanimously reject government deal, willing to lose year if necessary

      May 11, 12

    Quebec Students Rejecting Tuition Deal
    170,000 students remain on strike as assemblies vote to reject government offer

      May 9, 2012

    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

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