Stephen Lendman’s Articles
- Media Scoundrels Frantic Over Closer Russian/Iranian Military Ties August 18, 2016
- Trump’s New Campaign CEO Stephen Bannon August 18, 2016
- Mysterious Deaths Associated with the Clintons August 18, 2016
- Trump’s New Campaign CEO Stephen Bannon August 18, 2016
- Dueling US/Russian Strategies in Syria August 18, 2016
picture of student protester and organizer, Camila Vallejo recently elected to Chilean Congress As the hoax known as Obama’s 20/20 plan for higher education is barely mentioned in the US press, what is also missing from any discussion is what is going on in other parts of the world when it comes to higher […]
Educationworldonline reported on October 9, 2012 that in Chile, the only university owned by the global arm of US for-profit education giant, the Apollo Group has had its accreditation withdrawn (http://www.educationworldonline.net/index.php/page-article-choice-more-id-3352). On July 18, 2012 following an unsuccessful appeal, Chile’s National Education Council confirmed a decision of the National Accreditation Commission to stop accrediting the […]
> > > > What: Statewide Student Union movement-building conference > > When: Saturday, October 20, 2012 > > Where: UC Berkeley, 145 Dwinelle (room number and building on campus) > > Who: Anyone who cares about public education! > > Contact us at: (students4ademocraticuniversity@gmail.com) if you have any > > questions, suggestions, or need […]
In a lesson that should be learned here in the US, Chilean students have taken over schools and city streets in the largest protests the country has seen in decades. Chile suffered under the neo-liberal economics of Milton Friedman carried out by the brutal Chilean dictator Augustus Pinochet for close to two decades. Everything was […]
According to Wikipedia, the term “third world” originally described countries that did not align themselves with either the capitalist USA or the communist USSR. As time has marched on and the Soviet Union has disappeared, the definition has changed. This is a definition that seems to describe the modern definition of third-world countries: … nations […]
Charter Schools: It’s all about market share and yes, vouchers Remember the ‘voucher’ movement? I do, I wrote a book on it some ten years ago as it swept the nation as rightwing bad breath has a tendency to do. “Choice” then, as now, was the favorite word of the sophists that tried to sell […]
Education Secretary, Arne Duncan called Hurricane Katrina:
the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans because it forced the community to take steps to improve low-performing public schools, according to excerpts from the transcript of a television interview made public Friday afternoon
