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Why Has the Cerritos College Faculty Union Organized a Strike Committee?
Cerritos College employees through their unions are now collaborating against the anti-employee posture of the Board of Trustees.
The Government Should Make Social Media Platforms Safer for Youth
A 2018 study indicated that frequent users of image-based social media platforms reported more anxiety, depression, and body image concerns than less frequent users.
Where the Boys Aren't
What Does It Mean that Women Now Dominate Higher Education?
California Public Schools are Losing Underpaid Teachers
Districts struggle to fill open positions and see new waves of teacher departures this summer. Plenty of them grab a side hustle. To know more, click here!
Those who have student loans must start paying
Twenty-seven million Americans have student loan debt, totaling more than $1.7 billion. One in four Black women carries such obligation.
Should Government Stop Making Student Loans?
The loan programs were well-meant, but in addition to harming many of their "beneficiaries" they have caused an incredible increase in the cost of higher education.
How Can We Educate for the Common Good?
Robert Reich: Six prerequisites for learning about one's duties to society
Michigan Public School Parents Fight Back Against Betsy DeVos’ Privatization Agenda
Protesters from outside of Lowell come to school board meetings and hurl allegations at board members, including now-familiar accusations of “liberal agendas.”
Hit Reset on Student Debt, All $1,896,944,109,232 of it
It’s time for Biden to do the right thing. Every day it’s more obvious that having 46 million people drowning in $1.8 trillion of student debt isn’t sustainable.
High School Diploma Requirement Questioned in California
If more students whose educations were disrupted by the pandemic can get to and finish college, California as a whole will be better off with the new graduates.
Oakland Community Schools Worked, District Shut Them Down Anyway
Oakland seems uniquely at the forefront of difficult policy questions. Are districts that are adopting the community schools model, like California and Maryland, paying attention?
Pressure Building on Biden to Cancel Student Loan Debt
Executive action to cancel $50,000 in student loan debt would increase Black wealth by 40 percent.
A School System Goes to Hell and Back Again
You probably won’t be surprised to know that public schools have been in perpetual crisis for a long time.
LAUSD: Some Post-Covid Numbers
Poverty has increased in LAUSD post-covid. And in two board districts the late Eli Broad’s plan to transfer half of LAUSD into “charter school seats” is nearly fulfilled.
Minneapolis Teacher Strike Unites Allies of Public Education
Members of the Coalition of Student Leaders note the increase in political activism and awareness of public education as a key highlight of the strike.
Why Republicans Win Culture Wars
What if parents are so beaten down and exhausted by living through the Pandemic that they want to avoid any additional source of stress on their children and families.
Pandemic Blues: Far Less Joy in Teaching Than 2 Years Ago
Ever since the Pandemic hit, I can never be sure which of my students will show up in class, and what condition they are in if they do.
Charter Schools' For-Profit Company
Accel’s management of its schools is entirely intentional. Brady expects that the schools, should they continue to show poor performance, may get into trouble, and state smack downs.
Big Tech Sees Big Profits in Social-Emotional Learning at School
Digital products that monitor students’ online behavior raise concerns about how companies use that data for profit.
Finland’s Education System Shows How Many Government Programs Can Work Better
Michael Hertz: Finland’s system borrows the best from both capitalism and socialism. The government pays from the tax system, and the people get the same education, whether rich or poor.
Truthful Transformative Black History
david ketchum: My experience of history in public schools was largely negative, with a few bright points that had more to do with the idiosyncrasies of our teachers than any fascination with the content.
Why Should Every Job Require a College Diploma?
Paul F. deLespinasse: Employers sometimes use the degree requirement to avoid the bother and expense of evaluating too many individuals on their own merits.
From Book Burner to Librarian
Johnny Townsend: Repression always leads to more repression. If the genuinely worried parents clamoring for censorship had read these books, they’d know that.
Teaching in a World No Student Deserves
Belle Chessler: The effects of two years of pandemic schooling, both virtual and in-person, have taken their toll on all of us: students, parents, and teachers alike.