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Voucher Veto (Education, Society)

In an effort to find common political ground on the vexing issue of public school reform, The Nation passes on to its readers a set of provocative proposals from Ron K.

Ron K. Unz
The Education of Mike Milken (For Profit Education, White-Collar Crime, Society)

"'Gotta go to Moraga!' That's what everybody says," notes a visitor to the Oz-like place where the American educational revolution is being plotted: "That's the code word for going to the mounta

Russ Baker
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Money Science = Ethics Problems on Campus (Higher Education, Society)

The third most dispensed drug in the United States is a thyroid medication called Synthroid.

David Shenk
Affirmative Racism (Racism and Discrimination, Higher Education, Society)

Students across the country are gearing up to defend affirmative action on a national day of protest on February 24.

Laura Flanders

Blogs

Chilean Students Run For Congress
StudentNation

Several former Chilean student leaders are capitalizing on their high approval ratings to run for Congress and challenge Chile binomial voting system.

April 28, 2013
Ohio and Macalester Sit-In, Chicago and Wittenberg Walk Out
StudentNation

This week, Chicago and Wittenberg walk out, Ohio and Macalester sit-in and Michigan blocks the street for tuition equality. Nationwide, students demand that immigration reform include LGBT people and spread awareness of Title IX rights. 
 

April 26, 2013
Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition
StudentNation

As the school year draws to an end, activists fear that this tuition decision marks the end of free higher education in the United States.

April 23, 2013
Sex, Lies and 'Education'
Chloe Angyal

In West Virginia, one high school student is standing up for her right to hear the truth—the whole truth—about sexual health.

April 19, 2013
Punishing Students For Who They Are, Not What They Do
Chloe Angyal

America's school suspension rates reflect—and shape—the disparities at work in the nation at large.

April 17, 2013
'We Are Not a Failing School!'
Rick Perlstein

A school-closing hearing in Chicago becomes a test of whether corporate-driven school "reform" can be responsive and humane.

April 16, 2013
Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 15
StudentNation

This week, Newark walks out, Arizona kneecaps its students and UNC rape survivors create a national underground network. And more!

April 15, 2013
Arizona's Unprecedented Assault on Students
StudentNation

With HB 2169, which prohibits the use of student fees for political advocacy, students are the new victims of Arizona's right-wing regime. 

April 12, 2013
Interns' Favorite Articles of the Week (4/12/13)
StudentNation

In the latest picks, activists organize around education, economist Richard Wolff tells it like it is and Farc and the Colombian government make progress towards peace. Who said no news is good news?

April 12, 2013
As Boston Ends Desegregation Busing, Students Face New Inequities
Allison Kilkenny

Without a mechanism to ensure equality of access in all Boston communities, it's inevitable that wealthier communities will have access to the good schools.

April 8, 2013