Special Issue of Education is a Right!
Compilation of Articles: 2001–2004

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Special Issue of Education is a Right!
Compilation of Articles 2001–2004

EDUCATION, PATRIOTISM AND THE "WAR ON TERRORISM"

• Defend the Right to Conscience! Oppose the McCarthyite Notion of “Americanism”
• Nebraska State Board of Education Links School Accreditation to Teaching “Americanism”
• Teachers Are a Force for Enlightenment, Not Police for Attacks on Rights!
• Students Disciplined for Expressing Anti-War Views
• School and Government Officials Step Up Attacks on the Right To Conscience
• Why the Push for “Patriotism” in the Schools?
• Youth: Born to Society, Not to the Military
• “Character Education” — Attacking Rights, Serving the U.S. “War on Terrorism”
• Educators are Joining the Ranks of All Those Fighting for Peace and Progress!
• Students, Parents and Educators Reject Military Demands
• Despite Recent Efforts, Youth Rejecting Military Service

STANDARDS, TESTING AND THE WRECKING OF EDUCATION

• “Failure,” Rights and the Need for New Arrangements
• Federal Government Labels Schools and States “Enemies”
• School District Lawsuit Challenges Wrecking of the No Child Left Behind Act
• Congressional Leaders Call for Strengthening No Child Left Behind Act 18
• New Florida Law: High School Diploma in Three Years

BUDGETS, DEBTS, FUNDING, GOVERNANCE

• Now is the Time to Go Broadly with the People’s Alternative! 20
• Report Says $50 Billion Needed to Modernize Schools in New York State
• Facts on Government Debt
• Court Says State Has No Obligation to Provide High School Education
• Education Is Not a Service
• Charter Schools in the United States: Facts, Background, Evaluation
• More State and City Takeovers of Schools Underway

DISCUSSION

• Oppose the Disinformation of “Violence Prevention” and “School Safety”


Education is a Right!
INTERNET EDITION
Issue no. 27—September 23, 2003

Opportunity and the Crisis of Governance

End the Criminalization of the Youth! Defend the Rights of All!
Education is a Right!
INTERNET EDITION
Issue no. 26—June 30, 2003

OPPOSE THE ELIMINATION OF ELECTED GOVERNANCE!
Education is a Right!
INTERNET EDITION
Issue no. 25—June 10, 2003

A GOVERNMENT UNFIT TO GOVER

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