Education

Majority in US Back Free College Tuition and Student Debt Cancellation, New Poll Finds

'Holy Smokes, This Thing Could Get HUGE': NYC Public Schools to Let Students #ClimateStrike

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"They are finally treating the crisis like a crisis," said 14-year-old New Yorker and climate striker Alexandria Villaseñor.

Amnesty International Chief's Plea to 30,000+ Schools Worldwide: Let the Students Climate Strike!

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"Children should not be punished for speaking out about the great injustices of...

"Exactly What I've Hoped For": 100+ Education Leaders Voice Support for Sanders K-12 Plan

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"No president or presidential candidate has offered a proposal so bold and...

Unaffordable Health and Child Care Alongside Flimsy Safety Net Leaves US Among Most Unlivable Nations: Global Survey

As #ClearTheLists Raises Money for Classroom Supplies, Advocates Bemoan That Movement Even Needs to Exist

Despite Reversal for Harvard Student, Deportations Based on US Search of Social Media Denounced as Troubling 'New Normal'

DeVos Denounced for Student Debt Relief Rule Change That Critics Say 'Takes a Scythe to Defrauded Borrowers'

Open Letter From College Professors Urges Educators Worldwide to Cancel Class, Join Global Climate Strike

Subsidizing Underfunded Schools, US Teachers Spend $459 of Their Own Money Each Year on Classroom Supplies

Bernie Sanders Leads 2020 Democratic Field Among College Students: Poll

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

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

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

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

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...