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“I do not know you, but I love you,” I typed. I stared at the words, momentarily letting them linger, then pressed “send.” The recipient of my confession lived thousands of miles away. We had no connection to one another aside from [...]

Throughout this nation there is a sense of frustration. In the land of opportunity much has been lost. At birth, in this democracy, we are promised life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Quality education for all helps ensure the latter two of these. Our [...]

Most States Are Cutting Education Download PDF of this report (14pp.) By Nicholas Johnson, Jeremy Koulish and Phil Oliff Updated February 10, 2009 Thirty-six states have cut education or proposed such cuts because they face massive, devastating budget deficits in this recession. The combination of rising unemployment, [...]

By Martin Carnoy and Richard Rothstein | Originally Published at The Economic Policy Institute. December 1, 2013 at 12:39 pm Richard Rothstein Martin Carnoy National average scores of students on the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) will be released Tuesday, and we [...]

Facts And Resources About The Education of Children And Youth Experiencing Homelessness? How Many Children and Youth Experience Homelessness? In the 2011-2012 school year, 1,166,339 homeless children and youth were enrolled in public schools.1 This is a 71 percent increase since the 2006-2007 school year. [...]

Humanae; A Work In Progress Humanæ is a chromatic inventory, a project that reflects on the colors beyond the borders of our codes by referencing the PANTONE® color scheme. (PANTONE® Guides are one of the main classification systems of colors, which are represented by an alphanumeric [...]

Humanæ; A Work In Progress Exhibition Humanæ is a “work in progress” by the Brazilian Angélica Dass, who intends to deploy a chromatic range of the different human skin colors. Those who pose are volunteers who have known the project and decide to participate. There is [...]

Click to Enlarge. See Story Below. Humanæ; About A Work In Progress Humanæ is a chromatic inventory, a project that reflects on the colors beyond the borders of our codes by referencing the PANTONE® color scheme. (PANTONE® Guides are one of the main classification systems [...]

Our Schools, Our Solutions Download Day of Action Events. Download The Flyer.. On December 9th, 2013, grassroots community, youth and union partners will come together to reclaim the promise of public education as our nation’s gateway to democracy and racial and economic justice. In an extraordinary display [...]