Education and Schools

NC voters reject Pope-backed candidates in local school board battle over resegregation

By Sue Sturgis

October 12, 2011 - Voters in Wake County, N.C. cast ballots yesterday in a high-profile school board race and handed a big win to Democrats and desegregation -- and a big loss to North Carolina conservative money man and school-privatization advocate Art Pope.

Art Pope bankrolls candidates dismantling desegregation policy in NC school system

By Sue Sturgis

October 5, 2011 - After working behind the scenes during the pivotal 2009 school board election in Wake County, N.C., the conservative benefactor, Americans for Prosperity director and ally of the Koch brothers is now directly funding candidates opposed to the public school system's nationally-recognized diversity policy.

Education

Controversial NC election fliers linked to anti-public school religious activists (updated)

By Chris Kromm

September 16, 2011 - This week, North Carolina election officials announced they were investigating an anonymous flier targeting five candidates in the contentious race for Wake County school board.

Financial (R)aid: Donors back college budget cuts, offer private assistance

By Chris Kromm

September 13, 2011 - For the country's public colleges, what one hand giveth,

Education

VOICES: Obama speaks to the kids ... the horror!

By Guest Blogger

September 8, 2009 - By Mark Anthony Neal, NewBlackMan

Education

Democratizing our media

By Sue Sturgis

June 9, 2008 - This past weekend, I attended the National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis.

Education

Friday dogblogging: The cruelty of cloning pets

By Sue Sturgis

May 23, 2008 - On the heels of a U.S.

Education

Southern population growth: impact on education

By R. Neal

April 10, 2008 - As noted here recently, the South is experiencing explosive population growth and a changing demographic.

Education

Bills target "left-wing indoctrination" at Southern universities

By Sue Sturgis

February 8, 2008 - Today's issue of Stateside Dispatch, a publication of the Progressive States Network, takes a critical look at conservative efforts to squelch dissent on college campuses.

Education

Open source government

By R. Neal

December 5, 2007 - Good Jobs First, a "national policy resource center for grassroots groups and public officials, promoting corporate and government accountability in economic development and smart growth for working families" has compiled a report entitled The State of State Disclosure which evaluates "online publi