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American educators speak out against school reopenings This report illustrates how some teachers are determined to fight back against the reckless subordination of human life to capitalist private profit....
Posted: Fri, Aug 13, 2021 9:31am PDT
Don’t send children into unsafe schools! The Socialist Equality Party calls on all educators and parents to form rank-and-file committees, independent of the pro-capitalist unions and political parties, to campaign for and stop the drive to reopen schools....
Posted: Wed, Aug 11, 2021 7:47am PDT
Bay Area, California teacher raises critical concerns over school reopenings The WSWS received this letter opposing the reopening of schools and the ending of coronavirus mitigation measures across the US....
Posted: Tue, Aug 10, 2021 6:53am PDT
Stop the giveaway of California's community Colleges Students, community members, faculty and staff are organizing to stop the privatization of California's community colleges....
Posted: Thu, Aug 5, 2021 4:41pm PDT
The new school and Farewell to capitalism "You can never solve problems with the same way of thinking that created them." That is why copyright reform, patent and property law, and many other regulations of the material "goods economy" that have grown up in the industrial age are not suitable for meeting the challenges of the information universe....
Posted: Mon, Aug 2, 2021 3:42am PDT
The Viral Death of School A real improvement in the school system could only come from a change in the underlying conception of man. Children must be treated as human beings with their own dignity and rights - not as stuffed geese that can be filled with knowledge of the state at will....
Posted: Sat, Jul 31, 2021 7:34am PDT
Stephanie Bice Dismisses Q-Anon This is a response to a Politico article about incoming GOP member Stephanie Bice. It addresses her denial of Q-Anon....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2021 9:16pm PDT
SEIU calls off Sacramento school strike at last minute, allowing all schools to reopen With less than two months left in the school year, scrapping the current distance learning plans and building new hybrid education models and work schedules from scratch is disastrous for public health, academics and family life. Over 90 percent of the union’s members had authorized the strike, demanding greater personal protective equipment (PPE) and accommodations for workers with young children at home....
Posted: Thu, Apr 22, 2021 4:24am PDT
The Reproduction of Ignorance and Violence in America This article is about the reproduction of ignorance and violence toward minority communities in America through a sociological perspective. The focus is on the socialization of ignorance through public education, with a lack of cultural awareness and racial tolerance, public school funding inequalities, and a call to action for education reform....
Posted: Mon, Apr 19, 2021 3:46pm PDT
Sonoma County’s Institutional Responses to the Black Lives Matter Movement This piece is about Sonoma County's educational institution's reponse to the Black Lives Matter movement. It explains the movement and how it has affected a couple of educational institutions in the county. It brings to light what their steps are going forward after the movement's influence....
Posted: Sun, Apr 18, 2021 6:25pm PDT
Oakland Education Association attempts to defuse anger over reckless return to schools After pushing members to ratify their deal to resume in-person instruction, union leadership is now trying to restrain teachers’ opposition by declaring an impasse over negotiating schedules....
Posted: Sat, Apr 17, 2021 8:51am PDT
Online events with Chomsky, Jeff Chang, Frida Berrigan & many others Here are some 17 online events taking place over the coming month (and starting tomorrow, Wednesday, March 31), featuring people such as Noam Chomsky, Jeff Chang, Frida Berrigan, Hazel Henderson, Dave Zirin, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and many others.
These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada, Ireland, and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be in...
Posted: Tue, Mar 30, 2021 9:55am PDT
Oakland schools set to reopen amid surge in pandemic After a narrow ratification of the Oakland Education Association’s sellout agreement to resume in-person instruction, teachers are facing a dangerous end to the school year....
Posted: Mon, Mar 29, 2021 11:57pm PDT
School reopening deals approved in Los Angeles and Oakland as unions stifle opposition Those who did vote in “favor” were told repeatedly by the unions that they had no choice but to vote for the agreements....
Posted: Tue, Mar 23, 2021 8:25am PDT
SF Judge Rules School District Must Vacate Renaming On March 18, 2021, Judge Ethan Schulman issued an Alternative Writ of Mandate in a lawsuit ordering the SF School District to either vacate the Board Resolution of January 26, 2021, the school renaming resolution, and dissolve the Renaming Committee, or show up in court on May 6, 2021 and explain why it has not complied with the order. See https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SFSchoolNaming-ORDER.pdf...
Posted: Sat, Mar 20, 2021 10:04pm PDT
Starting Tonight (Sat): Online events w) Chomsky, McKibben, Frida Berrigan & many others Here are some 17 online events taking place over the coming month (and starting tonight, Saturday, March 20), featuring people such as Noam Chomsky, Bill McKibben, Frida Berrigan, Thomas Piketty, Paul Mason, Hazel Henderson, and many others....
Posted: Sat, Mar 20, 2021 1:01pm PDT
San Francisco Bay Area school districts push to reopen schools The ruling class and its political representatives are pushing to reopen schools before it is safe. Teachers and their earnest supporters in the Bay Area need to organize to oppose this....
Posted: Sat, Feb 27, 2021 9:52am PST
How the economic doctrine of salvation is changing education Economy always takes place in social contexts - even more: It is itself a result of social contexts. In this respect, a discussion in the context of sociology, culture or politics is essential. However, this insight is already missing in academic economics....
Posted: Sun, Feb 14, 2021 11:38am PST
California YIMBY Comms Director Lies About Berkeley Parks Matthew Lewis, the Communications Director for the lobby group California YIMBY, has been spreading disinformation about available park space in Berkeley. The CAYIMBY Communications Director is messaging on social media for the purpose of riling public open against People's Park....
Posted: Mon, Feb 1, 2021 4:23pm PST
Opposition mounts to San Francisco school board approval of racialist renaming of schools As educators across the US enter into struggle against the ruling class drive to reopen the schools, the renaming of schools based on the racialist falsification of history and attack on revolutionary figures such as Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln serves to divide the working class....
Posted: Sun, Jan 31, 2021 11:04pm PST
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