Education

Teaching Peace Teaching Peace

If peacemaking is teachable, why are school so reluctant to offer classes in peace studies?

Aug 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Colman McCarthy

Demanding Economic and Educational Reform in Chile

Demanding Economic and Educational Reform in Chile Demanding Economic and Educational Reform in Chile

Hundreds of thousands of peaceful demonstrators participated in marches across Chile, united by the same desire: that the government would commit to working towards a quality, free...

Aug 26, 2011 / StudentNation / Brittany Peterson

Chilean Student Hunger Strikers Hold President Piñera Accountable

Chilean Student Hunger Strikers Hold President Piñera Accountable Chilean Student Hunger Strikers Hold President Piñera Accountable

Chilean students fasting for the cause of free and public education released a statement saying they will hold President Sebastián Piñera responsible for any physical...

Aug 22, 2011 / StudentNation / Brittany Peterson

Why Won’t Congress Reform the No Child Left Behind Act? Why Won’t Congress Reform the No Child Left Behind Act?

Congress has been unable to pass NCLB reform because the Tea Party has eroded the decade long bipartisan consensus on education policy.

Aug 18, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Why Won’t Congress Reform the No Child Left Behind Act? Why Won’t Congress Reform the No Child Left Behind Act?

Congress has been unable to pass NCLB reform because the Tea Party has eroded the decade long bi-partisan consensus on education policy.

Aug 18, 2011 / Video / MSNBC

Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education

Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education

Chilean students are no longer willing to accept mountains of debt to gain an education, and they have have taken over university campuses demanding accessible education for all of...

Aug 18, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation and Brittany Peterson

Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education

Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education

Chilean students are no longer willing to accept mountains of debt to gain an education, and they have taken over campuses to fight for greater access to the country's universities...

Aug 18, 2011 / Video / The Nation and Brittany Peterson

Teaching Sexuality Education

Teaching Sexuality Education Teaching Sexuality Education

Our country’s inability to untangle matters of religion, politics and public health puts sexuality education teachers and their programs at an enormous risk. 

Aug 17, 2011 / StudentNation / Anna Lekas Miller

Can Teachers Alone Overcome Poverty? Steven Brill Thinks So Can Teachers Alone Overcome Poverty? Steven Brill Thinks So

The journalist blames teachers unions, not economic inequality, for students’ failure to achieve.

Aug 10, 2011 / Feature / Dana Goldstein

Rethinking Politics in the Classroom Rethinking Politics in the Classroom

We need a mandatory course in every high school that looks at society through the lens of ethics and morality, rather than efficiency and productivity.

Aug 10, 2011 / Feature / Daniel Judt

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