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Republicans Want the Status Quo for Student Loans by Armand Biroonak, OurFuture.org | November 20, 2009
Student Loan Industry: We Are NOT Dead Yet by Armand Biroonak, OurFuture.org | November 13, 2009
Groups Urge Senate to Pass Student Loan Reform by Robert Brandon, OurFuture.org | November 12, 2009
Executive Pay Hits Campuses by Katharine Trendacosta, airamerica.com | November 3, 2009
Constraining America’s Brightest by Bob Herbert, The New York Times | November 2, 2009
Dyslexia is NOT a Disorder by revolution. ary, OurFuture.org | November 1, 2009
Higher Ed Slashed, Left Dripping in Red by Armand Biroonak, OurFuture.org | October 31, 2009
The Subprime Student Loan Racket by Stephen Burd, Washington Monthly | October 29, 2009
College is a Fraud by revolution. ary, OurFuture.org | October 27, 2009
Public School Causes Homosexuality by revolution. ary, OurFuture.org | October 27, 2009
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Krugman: we're paying the price of dumbing down America., The New York Times | October 11, 2009
American Graduates Finding Jobs in China, The New York Times | August 11, 2009
Teachers Could Earn More Under Obama Plan, USA Today | July 24, 2009
Student Loan Measure Clears House Panel, The Washington Post | July 22, 2009
Black-White Student Achievement Gap Persists, MSNBC News | July 15, 2009
Obama Plans $12 Billion Boost To Community Colleges, USA Today | July 14, 2009
For Colleges, Small Cuts Add Up to Big Savings, The New York Times | June 19, 2009
School Systems Juggle Cost of Free Lunches, USA Today | June 11, 2009
Caps and Gowns Too Costly For Some Graduates, MSNBC News | May 22, 2009
Economic Slump Slows Down Summer Schools, npr.org | May 21, 2009
Obama’s Budget: Supporting Students, Not Banks
President Obama’s 2010 budget would transform the federal financial aid system that struggling students and families rely on to pay for college. The proposed budget cuts excessive lender subsidies, moves to more efficient direct lending instead, and invests the savings in students. Our report examines the impact, for the entire country and for students in each state.
» Related Reading: The Obama Budget: A Stick In the Eye For Banks
America's Student Debt Now!
June 11th, 2009
Attending the “Degrees of College Debt” panel at the America’s Future Now! conference last week, it was astonishing to hear dozens of graduates describe the mountains of debt they are climbing; $10,000! $50,000! $120,000 of debt! attendees shouted, when asked by the panel how much debt they had. more » No Child Left Behind Fails Us All
October 21st, 2008
We have seen a “bailout” of corporate and Wall Street swindlers, with the working class being forced to pick up the tab. Struggling homeowners deserve a break, not the devastation of foreclosure. Hardworking families deserve a break, not the shock of unemployment. And public educators deserve a break, not the damaging mandates of program improvement and the threats of state takeover that have fallen on my high school and countless others like it due to the draconian quotas of the No Child Left Behind Act.
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Banking Collapse Lands on America’s Schools
September 30th, 2008
One of the worst casualties of the Iraq war and the Wall Street failures is the U.S. public school system, which is central to the nation’s economic, intellectual and social health. With financial resources being consumed, education cuts are on the way.
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Another Student Loan Crisis?
September 11th, 2008
This summer, rumors stirred that the incoming class of college freshmen was having difficulty securing loans for college. The crisis, however, is more about the ways we're asking college students to finance their educations.
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The Democratic Education Divide
August 26th, 2008
This was an unusual spectacle at a Democratic convention: A megawatt group of Democrats, including Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, Mayor Adrian Fenty of Washington, D.C., and former Gov. Ray Romer of Colorado, bashed teachers' unions for an hour. Is this any way to treat allies in the progressive struggle?
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How Anti-Intellectualism is Destroying America
August 18th, 2008
Sad but true: Intelligence is a political liability in the U.S. Author of The Age of American Unreason Susan Jacoby explains why.
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College: Soaring Out of Reach for Families
The dream of a college education is being priced out of reach for more and more American students and their families. Tuition is rising while wages are flat or sinking. Conservatives in Congress have responded by cutting $12 billion from federal student loan programs and raising loan interest rates for student and their parents. Conservatives in state governments have cut back funding for colleges, passing more costs to families in the form of increased tuitions and fees. See below to find out how your representative voted.
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