Issue: 665
September 08, 2016
Commentary
Teachers Need Public Support
Editorial Board
Why can’t we pay teachers fairly? If the teaching profession is considered as important as any other (and some might argue that it is more important than many) why does teacher pay lag so much behind other professions?
While millions of children (and teachers) welcome the call to go back to school in August and early September, all is not well in classrooms and…
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Commentary
Cartel Conspiracies in New Jersey and North Carolina
Columnist
The Cartel’s tentacles are long and deep and crisscross the nation as part of continuing attempts to replace public education with private-sector alternatives. New Jersey and North Carolina have been under intense Cartel legislative and legal assaults leading up to the November 2016 state and national elections.
New Jersey and National Updates: Shavar Jeffries, who was backed by the Cartel for corporate education reform and was defeated by Ras Baraka in the 2014…
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Commentary
Marion Stamps: In-Your-Face Activism At Its Best
Columnist
Marion was part of a cadre of activists in Chicago that challenged successfully, in the 1970s and 80s, the Chicago Board of Education and its racist policies, the Chicago Housing Authority and its racist practices, the Chicago Police Department and its racist practices, and numerous other agencies and institutions in this city.
The spirit of Marion Nzinga Stamps, one of Chicago’s great activists, is much needed today. Marion possessed the kind of fighting spirit in her organizing work…
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