by Greg Chung | Dec 12, 2019 | Blog, Education, Election, Featured
What will it take to get big money out of politics? As a voter and a student, that’s what I want to know from any candidate who wants my vote, so I asked Mayor Pete Buttigieg this when he visited our campus – Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa – this weekend....
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 15, 2019 | Blog, Education, Featured
While national news outlets hail the conclusion of a historic teacher strike in Chicago, another important story often overlooked by national reporters is the ongoing struggle to defend public education in the months that follow successful strikes. In Oakland,...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 29, 2019 | Blog, Education, Featured
Photo credit: arcticpenguin / flickr / cc Billionaire charter-school boosters like Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Eli Broad and have turned school leadership into a cartel system focused on advancing careers and enriching businesses. One can see, in the track...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 23, 2019 | Blog, Education, Featured
Westport High School, one of 26 Kansas City schools closed by John Covington It’s rare when goings-on in Kansas City, Missouri schools make national headlines, but in 2011 the New York Times reported on the sudden departure of the district’s superintendent John...
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 24, 2019 | Blog, Education, Featured
Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett. Photo credit: City Club of Chicago / cc In July 2013, the education world was rocked when a breaking story by Chicago independent journalist Sarah Karp reported that district CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett had pushed...
by Chris Simmons | Sep 20, 2019 | Blog, Economy, Education, Election, Featured
My name is Chris Simmons, and I want to tell you why we need – I need – Free College For All now. I grew up in Newton, Iowa, a small city east of Des Moines. For a hundred years, Newton was the “washing machine capital of the world.” It was home to the...
