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  • No Bush Left Behind: When You're Barred From Banking, Why Not Bank on Education?

    After Neil Bush was banned from banking activities for his role in the Savings and Loan scandal in the late 1980s, he decided to bank on education and founded Ignite Incorporated. Ignite sells software to help students prepare to take comprehensive tests required under the No Child Left Behind act that was pushed through by Neil’s older brother–President Bush. [includes transcript]
    Mar 12, 2004 | Story

  • No Child Left Behind: A Debate on the Privatization of Education

    The Bush administration’s aggressive support of school vouchers, the so-called faith-based initiative and the No Child Left Behind Act has drawn criticism from teachers unions across the country. We host a debate between Stan Karp, editor of the newspaper Rethinking Schools and a longtime school teacher and Howard Fuller, the chair of the Board of the Black Alliance for Educational Options and professor at Marquette University. [includes...
    Mar 12, 2004 | Story

  • University Students Say No To Paying For Their Own Surveillance

    Foreign and U.S. students are opposing a new university fee that funds a government tracking system to watch them, known as SEVIS–basically charging students for their own surveillance. We speak with students at two universities who have taken direct, grassroots actions to oppose the fee. [Includes rush transcript]
    Mar 30, 2004 | Story

  • No Child Left Unrecruited: Army Recruiters Target High Schools

    Democracy Now! speaks with Michael Cervantes, an Army veteran with Veterans for Peace who is campaiging against Bush’s policy to target high school students for military recruitment. [includes rush transcript]
    Apr 20, 2004 | Story

  • White House-Backed Charter Schools Lag Behind Public Schools

    A new study buried by the Bush administration finds that children attending charter schools score lower on standardized tests than students at regular public schools. We host a debate on charter schools and the No Child Left Behind Act. [includes rush transcript]
    Aug 20, 2004 | Story

  • Head of Teachers Union Labeled "Terrorist Organization" by Rod Paige Responds to Resignation

    Education Secretary Rod Paige resigned after a tenure defined by his defense of the No Child Left Behind Act. We speak with Reg Weaver, president of the National Education Association which Paige called a "terrorist organization" for the way it opposed the law. [includes rush transcript]
    Nov 16, 2004 | Story

  • No Child Left Unrecruited: Rep. Jim McDermott Seeks to Protect Students From Military Recruiters

    We speak with Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) who is backing a bill that would make it easier for parents to block military recruiters from gaining access to their high school-aged children. The bill seeks to amend a provision of the No Child Left Behind Act that requires school districts to provide the Pentagon the names, addresses and phone numbers of every student in the school. [includes rush transcript]
    Mar 18, 2005 | Story

  • Campus Resistance: Students Stage Counter-Recruitment Protests Across the Country

    Students around the country have launched a national week of campus resistance to mark the second anniversary of the Iraq invasion and high profile counter-recruitment protests are being staged at university campuses around the country. We speak with a former marine and recruiter’s assistant who is now speaking out against the military and two people arrested during a protest against military recruiters on university campus. [includes rush...
    Mar 18, 2005 | Story

  • Anti-Military Recruiting Campaigns Heats up At Seattle Schools

    On Monday, four US military recruiting offices in Seattle were shut down when students blocked the entrances to protest recruitment practices and to oppose the occupation of Iraq. Meanwhile the Parent Teacher Student Association at one school has passed a resolution recommending that military recruiters be barred from the campus. [includes rush transcript]
    May 25, 2005 | Story

  • Walkout: The True Story of the Historic 1968 Chicano Student Walkout in East L.A.

    "Walkout"–a new HBO film tells the story of the 1968 walkout by high school Chicano students in East Los Angeles to protest academic prejudice and dire school conditions. We speak with the executive director of the film, Moctesuma Esparza. An award-winning film producer and community activist, Esparza helped organize the 1968 walkout and was arrested and jailed along with 12 others for conspiracy to disturb the peace. [includes...
    Mar 29, 2006 | Story