By Nadia Prupis / Common DreamsMay 5, 2016
"At a time when we are seeing attacks on the most vulnerable members of our community, Chicago is taking steps to protect and affirm transgender people." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Paul Buchheit / Common DreamsFeb 23, 2016
Children aren't products to be bought and sold. The profit motive should end at the front door of the public school. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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By Frida Berrigan / TomDispatchDec 23, 2015
I just couldn’t square my son’s loving exuberance and confidence in the people around him with the sheer, teeth-hurting terror of children being stalked by an armed killer through the halls of the Friendship School. How, after all, do you practice for the unthinkable? Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
By Annie Waldman / ProPublicaDec 16, 2015
Some residential programs for kids have settled on better ways to handle children. But the best practices are almost entirely self-imposed. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigNov 6, 2015
In his memoir, Carson claimed that he received a full scholarship to the academy, which has no record that he even applied. In fact, West Point does not offer scholarships because there is no tuition -- when students enroll, they enlist in the U.S. Army. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Henry A. Giroux / CounterPunchNov 6, 2015
Under the regime of a predatory neoliberalism, compassion and respect for others are viewed increasingly with contempt while the spectacle of violence titillates the multitudes and moves markets. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
By Tana Ganeva / AlterNetNov 3, 2015
The conservative court will hear arguments over whether Christian parents of home-schooled children have to follow basic educational standards or if they're allowed to keep their kids blissfully free of knowledge as they wait to be whisked off to heaven. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigSep 7, 2015
HBO's "Last Week Tonight" is on hiatus, but that hasn't stopped John Oliver from releasing two funny Web exclusives that focus on history and education. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJul 14, 2015
Activist and youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has opened a school for Syrian girls in an informal refugee settlement in Lebanon's Beka'a Valley. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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