Education

As Wave of Teacher Strikes Slated to Continue, GOP State Lawmakers Aim to Jail Protesters

Demanding Arizona Put Schools Over Corporate Tax Cuts, Teachers Approve Statewide Strike

Julia Conley, staff writer

"After years of starving our schools, some classes are stuffed with kids, while others sit empty because there isn't a teacher to teach."

National School Walkout Underway Because "Guns Don't Die. Children Do."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Students demand legislation to end gun violence and remember victims on the...

Ahead of Nationwide Walkout, Study Shows More Mass School Shooting Deaths So Far This Century Than Entirety of Last

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Research bolsters the demands driving the student-led protests that have taken...

With Walkout and Rally Planned for Monday, Teachers' Anger Over Low Pay and Lack of Funding Spreads to Colorado

Group Beloved by Betsy Devos and Koch Brothers Launches Counter-Attack Against Teacher Rebellion

Teacher Rebellion Heads West as Tens of Thousands in Arizona Stage Walk-ins, Threaten Walk-Outs Over Funding

As Oklahoma Teachers' Strike Enters Second Week, Education Supporters Pack State Capitol to Capacity

Outrage Over Puerto Rico's Plan to Close Nearly Third of Its Public Schools

Huge Surge in Political Activism, Engagement Has Direct Ties to Trump Presidency, Poll Finds

Amid Massive Teacher Revolt Over Starving Schools, Kentucky GOP Passes 'Huge Tax Cut for the 1%'

'We're Still Here': Oklahoma Teachers Show No Sign of Ending Strike Without Sufficient Funding

Discipline Disparities for Black and Disabled Students 'Transcend Poverty' in US Schools, Study Shows

As Teacher Rebellion Catches Fire, Oklahoma's GOP Governor Dismisses Educators as Spoiled Children

More Than 1/3 of College Students Struggle with Food, Housing Insecurity

'They Cannot Ignore Us': Oklahoma Teachers Resolute as Walkout Enters Second Day

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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...