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The New McCarthyism: Academic Freedom After 9/11 Immediately after September 11, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), founded by Lynn Cheney and Senator Joseph Lieberman, published a report accusing universities of being the weak link in the war against terror and a potential fifth column. As if the general hint at treason was not enough, an appendix to the report listed the names of 117 "un-American" professors, staff members, and students, and the offending statements they had made....
Posted: Sat, Aug 5, 2006 10:06am PDT
California Safe Schools Honors Sheinbaum & Farrell Students Dialogue With Legendary Activists...
Posted: Wed, Aug 2, 2006 5:26pm PDT
The State of the Philippine Education 
Getting “Dumb & Dumber” under Gloria Macapagal Arroyo...
Posted: Mon, Jul 24, 2006 10:55pm PDT
Kalabasa sa eskwela, dulot ng kahirapan! -- KADAMAY Dulot ng kagutuman at kahirapan ang papalubhang performance sa pampublikong elementarya kasama ang papataas na bilang ng dropouts ayon kay Carmen "Nanay Mameng" Deunida, Tagapangulo ng grupong Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY). Ayon sa pag-aaral ng Department of Education (DepEd), dulot ito ng mga problema sa kalusugan ng mga estudyante na resulta naman ng kawalan ng rekurso at kakulangan sa medical personnel. Sa rekord ng DepEd, ang ratio ng medical personnel ay 1 doktor kada 70, 500...
Posted: Fri, Jul 21, 2006 11:14am PDT
Florida's Lawmakers Puts Historians On Notice One way to measure the fears of people in power is by the intensity of their quest for control over knowledge....
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 8:28am PDT
On Jonathan Kozol's Manifesto The struggle for social justice can begin in schools, with a mass movement to take direct action in order to overcome racist high-stakes tests, and imperialist wars....
Posted: Tue, Jul 11, 2006 4:00pm PDT
Poland: Teachers, students demand resignation of education minister The appointment of neo-fascist Roman Giertych of the League of Polish Families (LPR) to the position of national education minister has provoked protests by concerned workers as well as youth throughout Poland....
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 8:14am PDT
American Indian mascots harm students A University of North Dakota survey using the strict guidelines of the Institutional Review Board shows that the university’s Fighting Sioux team name and logo has real effects on students....
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 6:22am PDT
Germany: Ten thousand demonstrate against university fees On June 29, ten thousand university students, teachers, school pupils and parents from throughout the German state of Hesse demonstrated in Wiesbaden against plans by the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) state administration to introduce a general study fee of 500 euros per term. A limit of up to 1,500 euros per term is envisaged for graduate courses and foreign students from European Union countries. The law is to be introduced in the state parliament in July....
Posted: Thu, Jul 6, 2006 6:25am PDT
Greece: Mass demonstrations protest assault on public education Students and academic staff in Greece have mounted demonstrations, rallies and occupations of universities for the past four months against plans by the New Democracy government of Constantine Karamanlis to break up the state system of higher education and introduce private universities....
Posted: Wed, Jul 5, 2006 7:20am PDT
Support Oaxaca teachers on strike! (Videos + article) Below is some raw fottage of what's happening....
Posted: Tue, Jun 20, 2006 9:53pm PDT
Burning Cole: NeoCons Try To Silence Dissent And Maintain Control of Academia Neoconservatism is an elite calling. It thrives in think tanks, not union halls; its proponents want most of all to influence the powerful. No wonder Ivy League labels have always been important to neocons. This fixation on intellectual prestige explains the recent neocon uprising over the possibility that Juan Cole, scholar and blogger, would become a Yale professor. It was one thing for Cole to hold forth from the University of Michigan, where he has been a professor for twenty years. But Y...
Posted: Tue, Jun 20, 2006 7:36am PDT
All New Orleans Public School Teachers Fired, Federal Aid Channeled to Private Schools Immediately after Hurricane Katrina hit, the Louisiana state legislature voted to take over most of New Orleans' public schools and effectively fire the 7,500 teachers who work in them. The city schools are now part of the state-run recovery school district and control of many of schools is being given to private charter organizations. We speak with a member of the United Teachers of New Orleans....
Posted: Tue, Jun 20, 2006 7:10am PDT
In Oaxaca Mega-March, 400,000 Send A Firm No to the Repression by Governor Ortíz 
Blockades and Occupations Throughout the State; San Blas Atempa Takes Back its Autonomous City Hall...
Posted: Sun, Jun 18, 2006 7:24pm PDT
Testing Only Hurts Low-Income Students of Color Looking to Graduate Every year in June, high school students don their sharpest outfits and pack school auditoriums to celebrate a key rite of passage: Graduation. The accomplishment typically generates so much excitement and pride in students, parents and teachers. That’s the way it should be....
Posted: Sat, Jun 17, 2006 9:46pm PDT
Stand-off Continues as Oaxaca Teachers Strike enters Fourth Week Teachers Soliciting Signatures to Impeach Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz in a Struggle Between Civil Society and the PRI...
Posted: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 10:41pm PDT
A Girl's World? author is critical of article in newsweek about "studies" that say the classroom environment is not conducive to boys' learning styles...
Posted: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 2:44pm PDT
BTL:Librarians Who Challenged Patriot Act Win Right To Speak Out Interview with George Christian, executive director of the Library Connection in Windsor, Conn. conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Fri, Jun 9, 2006 12:40pm PDT
Blame Affirmative Action's Demise for Black Student Drop-Off The gutting of affirmative action programs at many U.S. universities has resulted in a sharp decline in black enrollment. Earl Ofari Hutchinson is a political analyst and social issues commentator, and the author of The Crisis in Black and Black (Middle Passage Press). The Hutchinson Report can also be read at http://www.earlofarihutchinson.blogspot.com....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:59am PDT
Icily, Schwarzenegger-Linked Administration Readmits Banned Poet 
Bay area born writer, who has worked with the ancient Hindu poem which inspired Ghandi, has been reinstated with user privileges at a California community college, but relations with officials remains icy....
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 4:51pm PDT
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