NYC Reaches Deal with Teachers to Reopen Schools & Avert Strike, But Is It Safe?
New York unions representing teachers and principals have reached a deal with the city over how to reopen the largest public school system in the United States, averting a planned strike by educators. “We feel…
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Higher Education Faces Attacks Under Cover Of Pandemic
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Mara Einstein about the challenges of higher education dealing with the current pandemic. President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted that he would be instructing the Treasury Department to examine the tax-exempt…
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Like Cities, Public Schools Are Overpoliced
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Judith Browne Dianis. The Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday failed to come to agreement on a proposal to slash police funding in public schools by 90%. The proposal, brought…
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Hyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, And Good Behavior Are Not
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Pawan Dhingra. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed so many things about American life. One of the most striking differences for parents is to have to oversee their children’s education and…
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As Schools Struggle With Covid, Betsy DeVos Pushes Her Agenda
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Jeff Bryant. As states struggle financially to make ends meet during the coronavirus crisis, school districts are among the hardest hit as the costs of distance learning have skyrocketed. Rather than…
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From Pre-K to Higher Education, Students Face Unequal Access During Coronavirus Shutdown
Democracy Now! looks at the impact of the pandemic on schools, universities, students, parents, teachers and professors — and who is at the table to shape what happens next. "We now have an economic crisis…
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Is the Era of College Ending?
Is the era of college ending in the context of college costs, inequality, stagnant wages, smears of liberal indoctrination, and more jobs that do not require a college degree? The David Pakman Show is a…
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Democratic Candidates Focus on Public Education at Historic Forum
Ahead of the last Democratic presidential debate of the year this Thursday, seven candidates appeared Saturday at the historic Democratic Presidential Forum on Public Education in Pittsburgh, an event organized by public education organizations, unions,…
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The Years Project: The Marin Carbon Project
After a Marin Country couple showcase how their innovative ranch is turning the tides on climate change and store more carbon in the earth NOT the atmosphere. The future of farming is here.
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“This Is a Win for Our City”: Chicago Teachers Celebrate End of Historic Strike After 11 Days
Teachers in Chicago are heading back to school Friday, marking the end of a historic eleven-day strike that had shut down the nation's third-largest school district. After weeks of tense negotiations, the city agreed to…
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“This Is a Win for Our City”: Chicago Teachers Celebrate End of Historic Strike After 11 Days Chicago Teachers and UAW Members Show That Labor Movement Is Back After “Decades of Concessions” “It Was Necessary”: Gambian Beauty…
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Chicago Teachers & Support Staff Go on Strike Calling on City to Invest More in Schools
More than 30,000 workers are walking out of Chicago Public Schools today to demand better pay and benefits, smaller class sizes and more nurses, counselors, social workers, and librarians. The historic strike has brought the…
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Education for the Liberation of Black Girls
Sonali Kolhatkar of Rising Up with Sonali, speaks with Monique Morris, Co-Founder of the National Black Women's Justice Institute, 2012 Soros Justice Fellow, former Vice President for Economic Programs, Advocacy, and Research at the NAACP.…
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Will Chicago, Illinois Teachers Be Next to Strike?
In Chicago, union leaders and the nation’s third-largest school district are racing to reach an agreement to avert a teachers’ strike authorized to begin later this month. In late September, 25,000 educators voted overwhelmingly to…
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Economic Update: Corporate Capitalism in Decline
On this episode of Economic Update with Dr. Richard Wolf, we discuss the business of drug addiction, the resurgence of hookworm in North America, and the economics of elite universities ' tax avoidance. Later in…
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The College Dropout Scandal
GUEST: David Kirp, Professor at UC Berkeley, contributing writer at The New York Times, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Education. His earlier book…
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Debate: Should Healthcare & Education Be Free From Profit Motive?
Should the profit motive be involved in things that we need to survive, like healthcare? Grover Norquist thinks that the profit motive needs to be a part of every part of life.
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School on Wheels Brings Education to Migrant Kids at Border
GUEST: Carlos Marroquin, Board Member and organizer with Yes We Can. BACKGROUND: President Donald Trump continues to demonize and criminalize Central American refugees seeking asylum at the border, as his administration holds thousands of families,…
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