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Education
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John Nickerson, Bob Connors , Stamford Advocate, NBC, Huffington Post
Editor's comment: In the United States, Federal, state and local governments get meaner and meaner every day. Tonya McDowell, homeless and living in a van wanted a better education for her son. So she used her girlfriend's address to enroll him in a higher income school district. She was arrested by... » read this article
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Shannon Jones , WSWS
20 April 2011
Using dictatorial powers recently granted by the Michigan legislature, Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb ordered layoff notices sent to all 5,466 teachers in the district. Nonrenewal notices also went to 248 DPS administrators.
In a statement posted on the DPS web site Bobb said... » read this article
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Mitch Marcus , WSWS
28 October 2010
Hundreds of Washtenaw Community College (WCC) employees face the imminent privatization of their jobs by the school administration. The move, which will have a devastating impact on the already low-paid WCC workforce, is part of an escalating nationwide attack on teachers’ compensation and working conditions.
At the... » read this article
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Damien Cave , NYT
MIAMI — Thousands of students at the University of Puerto Rico who went on strike two months ago to oppose severe budget cuts declared victory on Thursday after reaching an agreement with administrators.
As part of a deal brokered by a court-appointed mediator, students would end their strike — one... » read this article
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