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The Fractious Politics of Education, part II

Posted on May 11, 2011 by David S. Meyer

Hundreds of Huntington Park High School students walked out of class yesterday, and marched 7 miles to the Los Angeles School Board’s headquarters.  The Board of Education was discussing a radical reorganization plan for the school, which would include reassigning … Continue reading →

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Protest against Tuition Hikes: A Teaching Moment

Posted on December 9, 2010 by David S. Meyer

“They say ‘Cut Back.’  We Say ‘Fight Back.’”  The chants are the same across the Atlantic, even if the politics are somewhat different.  Students and other young people in the UK have taken to the streets to protest the Cameron … Continue reading →

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University Protests: Learning to Target

Posted on November 21, 2010 by David S. Meyer

University students everywhere are facing the fallout from the global recession.  In the United States, where public universities are supported (more and less) by state governments, higher education funding is on the table as states try to address their own … Continue reading →

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Students protest against fee hikes

Posted on November 10, 2010 by David S. Meyer

The new Conservative/Liberal Democratic government in the UK has proposed very large hikes in university tuition, the New York Times reports.   University fees were first imposed by the previous Labour government. Hiking fees makes sense as a way to control … Continue reading →

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