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Public SchoolsJuly 21, 2020
We Can Reopen Schools if We Make the City the Classroom
Radical education ideas from the 1960s and ’70s can help us safely teach children during a pandemic.
Nikhil Goyal
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Public SchoolsMay 20, 2019
Bernie’s Plan to Save Public Schools
Sanders has the most progressive education platform in modern American history.
Nikhil Goyal
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EducationApril 28, 2016
Jane Sanders Has Some Harsh Words for Our Public Education System
In this interview, Bernie Sanders’s wife explains how schools would be different under President Sanders.
Nikhil Goyal
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Education ReformMarch 29, 2016
These Politicians Think Your Kids Need High-Stakes Testing—but Not Theirs
These politicians send their own kids to progressive schools that eschew rote learning.
Nikhil Goyal
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ActivismMarch 3, 2016
Why John King Should Be Rejected as Secretary of Education
As a student at Syosset High School during much of King’s reign as New York State’s education commissioner, I saw firsthand the disastrous effects of his policies.
Nikhil Goyal
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Campaign FinanceSeptember 26, 2013
Plutocracy Is the Problem
WRITING CONTEST FINALIST: It is up to the American people to insist that corporations are not people, money is not speech and elections are not up for sale.
Nikhil Goyal and StudentNation
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Social JusticeMay 21, 2013
Why I Opted Out of APPR
A recent graduate of Syosset High School explains why he opted out of his school’s standardized tests.
Nikhil Goyal and StudentNation