Education

These Students Want to Know: Where’s Their Tuition Money Going?

These Students Want to Know: Where’s Their Tuition Money Going? These Students Want to Know: Where’s Their Tuition Money Going?

Public universities across the country are increasing tuition, but students aren’t seeing any of the promised benefits.

Oct 28, 2019 / StudentNation / Skanda Kadirgamar

Our Town Is Broke. Should We Accept Investment From a Homophobe and a Tea Partier?

Our Town Is Broke. Should We Accept Investment From a Homophobe and a Tea Partier? Our Town Is Broke. Should We Accept Investment From a Homophobe and a Tea Partier?

Another reader asks what they should do if a school integration plan causes “logistical mayhem” for their family.

Oct 25, 2019 / Liza Featherstone

Take Action Now: Join the Fight for Public Education

Take Action Now: Join the Fight for Public Education Take Action Now: Join the Fight for Public Education

Stand with teachers in Chicago by pushing your representatives to invest in education.

Oct 22, 2019 / StudentNation / NationAction

Quebec Students Can Teach the World a Thing or Two About Striking

Quebec Students Can Teach the World a Thing or Two About Striking Quebec Students Can Teach the World a Thing or Two About Striking

After all, they’ve been doing it for decades.

Oct 18, 2019 / StudentNation / Miriam Lafontaine

On the Picket Line With Chicago’s Teachers

On the Picket Line With Chicago’s Teachers On the Picket Line With Chicago’s Teachers

The teachers, now on the second day of their strike, are fighting for the schools Chicago students deserve.

Oct 18, 2019 / Alan Maass

Colleges Are Spreading Trump’s Disingenuous Notion of ‘Free Speech’

Colleges Are Spreading Trump’s Disingenuous Notion of ‘Free Speech’ Colleges Are Spreading Trump’s Disingenuous Notion of ‘Free Speech’

In the name of free speech, universities are suppressing student protests in increasingly draconian ways.

Oct 16, 2019 / StudentNation / P.E. Moskowitz

Chicago’s Teachers Are Making History.  Again.

Chicago’s Teachers Are Making History. Again. Chicago’s Teachers Are Making History. Again.

Rank-and-file workers are finally taking back their unions, and strikes are spreading across the country as a result.

Oct 15, 2019 / Jane McAlevey

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Letters From the October 28-November 4, 2019, Issue Letters From the October 28-November 4, 2019, Issue

Shades of whitewashing…

Oct 15, 2019 / Our Readers and Robin D.G. Kelley

Republicans against Trump protest

The Tide Is Turning Against Trump The Tide Is Turning Against Trump

Faced with legal and legislative setbacks and the defection of more Republicans, Trump is waging an increasingly strident propaganda war.

Oct 15, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

For Chinese American Conservatives, Race Is a Weapon

For Chinese American Conservatives, Race Is a Weapon For Chinese American Conservatives, Race Is a Weapon

The Harvard affirmative action case was just the latest fight for groups who think racism against Asians is the only racism that matters.

Oct 8, 2019 / Claire Jean Kim

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