by George Goehl | Apr 29, 2020 | #PeoplesWave, Blog, Economy, Education, Featured
As the 2008 financial crisis unfolded, tens of millions of Americans were hurting and making meaning of what was happening. It was the first time in my life that suddenly, tens of millions of people were significantly more ready to be organized than in the weeks...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 24, 2020 | Blog, Education, Featured
COVID-19 has shuttered public schools across the nation, state governments are threatening to slash education budgets due to the economic collapse caused by the outbreak, and emergency aid provided by the federal government is far short of what is needed, according to...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog, Education, Featured
In the early days of the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S., when the number of known cases was barely cresting 1,000, advocates for homeschooling were greeting news of the outbreak as an opportunity to promote their cause. “While the virus has caused illness and...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 24, 2020 | Blog, Education, Featured
This is the second of a two-part article by Jeff Bryant on Career and Technical Education (CTE). Click here to read part one. The national discussion about the movement to privatize America’s public schools has mostly focused on the issues of charter schools and...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 20, 2020 | Blog, Education, Featured, Future of Work
Photo credit: Virginia Department of Education / flickr / cc In the expanding effort to privatize the nation’s public education system, an ominous, less-understood strain of the movement is the corporate influence in Career and Technical Education (CTE) that is...
by David Goodner | Jan 21, 2020 | Blog, Education, Featured, Immigration
Antonio Diego, 24, a Brazilian student in Sioux City on a J1 visa. Photo courtesy of Sioux City Journal Fifty-seven international students studying at a state technical college in Sioux City are being exploited in school and on the job after being lured to Iowa...
