Category: Education
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Bernie-mentum Nudges Clinton Forward On Debt-Free College
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton announces changes to her college affordability plan that closely tracks a key component of the platform challenger Bernie Sanders put forward in his race for the Democratic nomination.
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Here\’s How Clinton\’s Latest College Debt-Relief Plan Misses The Mark
The Democratic presidential nominee plays into a right-wing narrative of the economy that exalts so-called \”job creators\” but offers little if anything to the people doing those jobs.
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Vouchers Subsidizing Education Failure
The false god of school vouchers has been unmasked once again by a study that says Louisiana and Indiana students using private school vouchers ended up doing worse than their public school counterparts.
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One Woman\’s $400,000 Student Debt And What We Should Do About It
A Thanksgiving weekend story is framed as a story of \”how the federal government has become the biggest, nicest and meanest student lender in the world.\” It actually makes the case for debt-free college and debt forgiveness.
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Trump Won\’t Solve The Student Debt Crisis. He\’s Part of the Problem
Of all of the presidential candidates, none are in a better position to understand the role for-profit colleges play in driving student debt upward than Donald Trump.
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Reaction to Greece Austerity Deal: \”#ThisIsACoup\”
The deal that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has reached with European Union leaders seems less a bailout of Greece\’s economy and more of a prelude to an overthrow of the leftist Syrzia majority running the country.
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Low-Income School Districts Need More, But Many Are Starved Instead
Fairness in school funding is \”the sleeper civil rights issue of our time.\” But it\’s clear from a new report by the Education Law Center that this issue comes with a loud alarm.
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A \’Moral Monday\’ Protest Against School Funding Inequity in New York
A protest featuring Rev. William Barber coincided with a report by the Alliance for Quality Education that said that educational inequality had grown to record-setting levels under New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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Community College \”Giveaway That Benefits Students\” – How Awful!
The vacuity of conservative arguments against tuition-free community college is actually a sign that President Obama\’s proposal is a hit to the conservative solar plexus.
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$1 Billion In Tax Dollars To Miseducate Our Children
The right-wing push for private school vouchers is leading to taxpayer subsidies of education that can be more damaging to children and our society than any shortcomings of public schools. We need a movement to stop it.