Tag: education

Research shows that providing education to such young men – and young women – when they become incarcerated makes them less likely to return to prison.

In Sweden, healthcare costs are largely subsided by the state. Daycare and preschool programs are mostly free. College and university are free. Public transportation is subsidized for many users.

“Students continue to experience pain and trauma in our schools due to lack of resources, over-policing, and continuing threats of school closures.”

After weeks of tense negotiations, the city agreed to reduce class sizes, increase salaries by 16% over the next five years and bring on hundreds more social workers, nurses and librarians.

Contributions from the education industry have been steadily increasing over the years, gravitating more toward liberal groups and Democrats than ever.

"She's also held in contempt by millions of Americans who support strong public schools."

In 2012 the Chicago Teachers Union woke up union members and educators across the country with a winning strike. Seven years later,...

One of the best education systems in the world belongs to Finland.  Its constitution makes free education a right. Section 16...

"This is how the GOP retaliates against the people who educate our children."

The legacy of the federal government’s charter school grants in Louisiana should not be understood just by the sheer waste of precious education funds, but also by the real human consequences of spreading makeshift charter programs that throw communities into confusion, distress, and a sense of betrayal.