Education

7,000+ Colleges and Universities Declare Climate Emergency and Unveil Three-Point Plan to Combat It

'Gross Violation of Logic and Sense': Open Letter From Nearly 140 Scholars Implores SF School Board Not to Destroy Historic Mural

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Let's stand up for the integrity of art as well as for historical interpretation, and for a shared analysis of the political reality of the United States in the past and the present."

'This Is the Agenda America Needs': Sanders Fires Back After Biden Attacks Medicare for All and Other Progressive Solutions

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"I'm proud to be working with AOC and so many other Democrats to pass Medicare...

Benefits for All or Just Some? Sanders Student Debt Plan Highlights 2020 Debate Over Universal vs. Means-Tested Programs

Jake Johnson, staff writer

While some 2020 Democrats push means-tested policies tailored specifically to...

Financed by Tax on Wall St. Speculators, Sanders Plan Would Wipe Out All $1.6 Trillion in US Student Loan Debt

'Class of 0000' Campaign Denounces 'Cowardly' Censorship of Student Call for Climate Action

'Straight-Up Cruel': Trump Admin Condemned for Canceling Education, Recreation, and Legal Services for Detained Migrant Children

'Absolutely Disgusting': West Virginia Senate Passes Bill That Would Ban Teacher Strikes

'Enormous Victory for Transgender Students' as SCOTUS Declines to Hear Challenge to Inclusive Bathroom Policy

Gillibrand Introduces Sweeping Family Bill of Rights to Ease Financial Burdens and 'Level the Playing Field for Children'

'A Burning Indictment of Our Higher Ed System': Commencement Speaker Pays Off $40 Million in Student Debt

Bernie Sanders Unveils 'A Thurgood Marshall Plan for Public Education'

Citing Harm to Public Education, Bernie Sanders Calls for Ban on For-Profit Charter Schools

Denouncing DeVos, Warren Vows to Appoint Education Secretary With 'Real Teaching Experience,' Not Conflicts of Interest

'We Teach, We Vote!': 10,000 Teachers Rise Up Against Republican Legislature in Deep Red South Carolina

'A Really Exciting Proposal': Warren Plan Would Wipe Out Student Debt, Provide Free Public College

Further

Where $300 Million Of Our Money Went Wednesday - Hint: Not Education - Which Was Still Way Cheaper Than Tuesday

In the name of a sometimes questionable transparency - if you don't like something but can't do much about it, does it help to know about it? - the Defense Department publishes daily reports on the contracts they've awarded. On Jan. 14, it authorized spending over $800 million on military equipment and services. That was down to just under $300 million the next day, when the House passed a massive budget bill that includes $572 billion for defense - down from what was requested, but still...