Arizona Teachers Push Proposal to Tax Rich for Education

MELISSA DANIELS / The Associated Press Jun 8, 2018 The growing teachers movement aims to qualify and pass a ballot initiative that would funnel nearly $690 million annually to education. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Striking Teachers Beat Back Neoliberal War on Public Schools

Henry Giroux / Truthout May 23, 2018 Thousands of educators are taking to the streets, inspired and energized by a dynamic willingness to fight for their own rights, as well as those of their students. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

20,000 North Carolina Teachers Walk Out, Demanding More Resources and Better Pay

Ilana Novick / Truthdig May 17, 2018 It’s the sixth state to have a teacher’s strike in 2018. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Steps Trump Has Taken to Undermine Student Debt Reform

Lance Williams / Reveal News May 16, 2018 Last week, the administration began what reformers fear is the dismantling of an Obama-era initiative to crack down on lending abuses. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Tens of Thousands of University of California Staffers Strike

Ilana Novick / Truthdig May 9, 2018 Workers seeking better pay and benefits are quickly picking up support from other unions as well as students. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bill Cosby’s Confused Notions of ‘Responsibility’

Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report May 7, 2018 Black America should have denounced the comedian long ago. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Arizona Students Back in Class After Six-Day Teacher Strike

MELISSA DANIELS and TERRY TANG / The Associated Press May 4, 2018 The state's educators win a 20-percent pay raise by 2020 after a walkout that was part of a bubbling national uprising over low pay and school funding. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Uncle Sam, the Human Rights Hypocrite

Paul Street / Truthdig May 2, 2018 The U.S. sees itself as a humanitarian City on a Hill, fit to judge other nations while giving itself an "exceptionalist" free pass on violations. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Students as Teachers: Facing the World Adults Are Wrecking

Belle Chesler / TomDispatch Apr 23, 2018 The teenagers who marched after the Parkland shootings don’t necessarily hate the world; they just hate the one we’ve built for them. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Teaching America a Lesson

Steve Fraser / TomDispatch Apr 18, 2018 The teacher strikes, rallies and walkouts in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky and elsewhere are a stunning reminder that socioeconomic class has always mattered in our public and private lives. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Amid School Closures, Puerto Rico’s Teachers Fight Privatization

Emily Wells / Truthdig Apr 6, 2018 Teachers in the U.S. territory worry that its education department will exploit a plunge in enrollment to push charter schools and a voucher program. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New Teacher Activism Signals Revolt Against Conservative Ideology

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 5, 2018 The red state insurrections are a reminder that can get lost in debates about school reform: You can't run a decent education system on the cheap. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )