College students stumped by search engines, research finds
The students “appeared to lack even some of the most basic information literacy skills that we assumed they would have mastered in high school.” Wiki…
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Empower Parents to Turn Around Failing Schools
Wiki image Students First Care2 No parent wants their child to be stuck in a failing school. That’s why parents and community organizers in California…
8 Years In Prison for a Harmless Prank? Handcuffed for Doodling? The Increasing Criminalization of Students
Young people are being suspended, expelled and charged with criminal offenses for behavior as innocuous as doodling on a desk. image: AlterNet Rania Khalek AlterNet…
Unschoolers learn what they want, when they want
Bohemian Travelers image Jacque Wilson CNN Six-year-old Karina Ricci doesn’t ever have a typical day. She has no schedule to follow, no lessons to complete….
8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance
The ruling elite has created social institutions that have subdued young Americans and broken their spirit of resistance. Dees Illustration Bruce E. Levine AlterNet Traditionally,…
Massachusetts considers allowing unvaccinated kids in public school
Rady Ananda, Contributing Writer Activist Post n January, Representative John D. Keenan of Salem, Massachusetts introduced a bill to allow students not immunized to be…
California schools to include gay historical figures
In 2009 California established Harvey Milk Day to recognize the efforts of the slain gay rights activist. © AFP/Getty Images/File Justin Sullivan AFP LOS ANGELES…
Fascinating Philosophy Discussion: Molyneux Talks with Zeitgeist (Video)
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School surveillance: how big brother spies on pupils
Cameras in the toilets; CCTV in the classroom; pupils’ fingerprints kept in a database . . . Can’t happen here? Think again, because the surveillance…
College is a waste of time
CNN Editor’s note: Dale J. Stephens is a 19-year-old entrepreneur leading UnCollege, a social movement supporting self-directed higher education and building RadMatter, a platform to…
Public schools’ ‘pay to play’ fees: By the numbers
In the face of budget cuts and rising costs, public schools across the country are making ends meet by nickel-and-diming students Wiki Image The Week…
18 Signs That Life In U.S. Public Schools Is Now Essentially Equivalent To Life In U.S. Prisons
The American Dream In the United States today, our public schools are not very good at educating our students, but they sure are great training…
Do Parents’ Rights End at the Schoolhouse Gate?
“There is no fundamental right of parents to be the exclusive provider of information regarding sexual matters to their children, either independent of their right…
‘Zero Tolerance’ in America’s schools undermines respect for the law
Wiki Image Bryan Walsh The Heritage Foundation “Zero tolerance” policies continue to result in injustices to our nation’s public school students. In one of the…