Education

Mapping Our Rights: Navigating Discrimination Across the United States

How free is your corner of America?

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| Mon Jul. 10, 2006 12:00 AM PDT

Universal Preschool in California

An overwhelming body of research shows that critics of the proposed program are wrong.

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| Tue Jun. 6, 2006 12:00 AM PDT

Who Are "We"?

Restrictionists in Congress are trying to push legal immigrants, and even some naturalized citizens, to the edges of society.

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| Wed May. 24, 2006 12:00 AM PDT

Welcome to the Impossible World

Consider yourself an honorary graduate of the Internet University of hard knocks, mixed metaphors, and strange analogies.

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| Sun May. 14, 2006 12:00 AM PDT

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The GOP's Litmus Test for Judges

Does the GOP have a litmus test for judges or doesn't it?

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| Mon May. 1, 2006 12:00 AM PDT

It's All In a Name

It used to be that the names of places mirrored deeper meanings, values, and our past.

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| Fri Feb. 10, 2006 1:00 AM PST

What's Going on with Reading?

We need to get serious about teaching kids to read.

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| Wed Jan. 18, 2006 1:00 AM PST
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Barack Obama on Teaching Our Kids in a 21st Century Economy

It's past time to transform an educational culture that's failing too many of our children.

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| Mon Nov. 28, 2005 1:00 AM PST

Katrina's Children deserve better than failing schools

Kids displaced by the hurricane shouldn't be dumped into failing schools.

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| Fri Sep. 9, 2005 12:00 AM PDT
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Conflict Studies: Campus Activism 2005

From filibustering Frist to taking a stand on Darfur: Our annual roundup of college campus activism.

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| Thu Sep. 1, 2005 12:00 AM PDT

What Do You Know?

The quarrel over intelligent design is about this: whether we should discount the scientific method on which modern society rests.

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| Wed Aug. 17, 2005 12:00 AM PDT
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Children of a Lesser Prefrontalasaurus

Intelligent design -- my favorite impulse buy.

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| Mon Jun. 13, 2005 12:00 AM PDT

Against Discouragement

In 1963, Spelman College fired Howard Zinn for his civil rights activities. This year, he was invited back to give the commencement speech.

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| Tue May. 24, 2005 12:00 AM PDT

Maosketeers

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| Sun May. 1, 2005 12:00 AM PDT
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Too Cruel for School

The infamous School of the Americas is still in business, albeit with a new name. And you can still get thrown in jail for protesting there.

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| Wed Mar. 23, 2005 1:00 AM PST

The Complex Latino Voter

Recent polls show that much of the common wisdom about the Latino vote is iffy at best.

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| Thu Aug. 5, 2004 12:00 AM PDT
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A Dream Deferred: The Failed Legacy of <i>Brown</i>

A mournful, contrarian dissection of the failed legacy of <i>Brown v. Board of Education</i>.

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| Sat May. 1, 2004 12:00 AM PDT
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Education: Class Dismissed

Laid-off teachers, 40-child classes, axed electives, and pay-to-play sports:Is Oregon the future of public education in America?

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| Sat May. 1, 2004 12:00 AM PDT

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Moving Backward

Fifty years on, what is the real legacy of Brown v. Board of Education?

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| Fri Apr. 30, 2004 12:00 AM PDT