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    Seattle Teachers, Students Win Historic Victory Over Standardized Testing

    After months of protest, teachers, students and parents in Seattle, Washington, have won their campaign to reject standardized tests in reading and math. In January, teachers at Garfield High School began a boycott of the test, saying it was wasteful and being used unfairly to assess their performance. The boycott spread to other schools, with hundreds of teachers, students and parents participating. Last week, the school district backed down,...
    May 20, 2013 | Story
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    Debate: What Caused Cooper Union's Fiscal Woes and Is Ending Free Tuition the Answer?

    Students and administrators at New York City’s Cooper Union are clashing over the future of one of the last private universities in the United States to offer free tuition. Activists are occupying the president’s office for a ninth day after the school said fiscal problems would force an end to more than a century of free tuition for undergraduates. We host a debate with three guests: Mark Epstein, the chairman of the board of trustees...
    May 16, 2013 | Story
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    NRA's "School Shield" Call for Armed Guards Seen as Path to Further Criminalize Youth of Color

    The National Rifle Association has unveiled the recommendations of its "School Shield" task force, calling for armed guards at every school in the country. We get reaction from Judith Browne Dianis, a civil rights litigator, racial justice advocate and co-director of the Advancement Project. Browne Dianis helped author the new report, "A Real Fix: The Gun-Free Way to School Safety," part of a week-long series of actions led...
    Apr 03, 2013 | Story
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    An Interrogation Center at Yale? Proposed Pentagon Special Ops Training Facility Sparks Protests

    Students and alumni at Yale University are organizing against a proposed campus center to train special operations forces in interview techniques. The center would be funded by a $1.8 million grant from the Pentagon and could open as early as April. Dubbed an "interrogation center" by critics, the facility would be housed at the Yale School of Medicine and led by Charles Morgan, a professor of psychiatry who previously conducted research...
    Feb 21, 2013 | Story
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    Seattle's Teacher Uprising: High School Faculty Faces Censure for Boycotting Standardized MAP Tests

    Earlier this month, teachers at Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington, voted unanimously to stop administering a widely used standardized test, calling them wasteful and unfairly used to grade their performance. They are now facing threats of 10-day suspension without pay if they continue their boycott. We go to Seattle to speak with two guests: Jesse Hagopian, a high school history teacher and union representative at Garfield High School...
    Jan 29, 2013 | Story
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    Debate on Armed Police in Schools: Needed for Kid Safety or Part of the Student-to-Prison Pipeline?

    As the National Rifle Association pushes for armed guards in every school, we host a debate over what type of security measures should be taken in schools to prevent future tragedies. On Monday, the superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools proposed forming the school system’s own police force. We’re joined by Sean Burke, president of the School Safety Advocacy Council; and Damon Hewitt, an attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense and...
    Jan 16, 2013 | Story
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    VIDEO: Voices from the Cooper Union Occupation in New York City

    Twelve students have barricaded themselves inside a campus building of New York City’s Cooper Union demanding the school affirm its commitment to free education. Democracy Now! attended the protest to interview supporters rallying outside. [includes rush transcript]
    Dec 05, 2012 | Web Exclusive
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    Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis: Deal Ending Strike a Victory for Education

    Chicago public school teachers are returning to the classroom today nine days after launching their first strike in a quarter century. On Tuesday, 800 delegates of the Chicago Teachers Union voted overwhelmingly to suspend the strike to put an agreement with the city before the entire membership. The deal calls for a double-digit salary increase over the next three years, including raises for cost of living, while maintaining other increases for...
    Sep 19, 2012 | Story
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    Mayor Rahm-Ney’s Attack on the Chicago Teachers Union

    By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
    Unions are under attack in the United States—not only from people like Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, but now, with the teachers strike in Chicago, from the very core of President Barack Obama’s inner circle, his former chief of staff and current mayor of that city, Rahm Emanuel.
    Sep 13, 2012 | Columns & Articles
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    Thousands Rally in Chicago Teachers' Strike, Pushing Back Against Corporatized Education Reform

    School is out in Chicago for a second day, as public school teachers continue their first strike in 25 years. Almost 30,000 teachers and their support staff have walked out over reforms sought by the city’s powerful mayor, Rahm Emanuel, who is President Obama’s former chief of staff. On Monday, tens of thousands teachers, parents and students marched in the streets of President Obama’s adopted hometown. We go to Chicago to speak...
    Sep 11, 2012 | Story