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Children and parents are often frustrated. Some education experts are calling for a rethink

Two student leaders of the historic Blackburn Takeover protests that occurred last fall said publicly for the first time that they had signed an agreement with the University that prohibited them from revealing details of the settlement.  University officials, however, said no such agreement prohibited the students from revealing the details, but that a “confidential” […]

Image zoom Credit: Getty Images (4). As the globe grapples with multiple social, political, and ecological crises, many of todays youth are emerging prominently as leaders of these issues. Leaders like Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai have shown they dont need to be of voting age to make an impact, too. "[Young people] have learned that they dont have to wait for permiss...

Students on Strike From public institutions like the University of Iowa and the University of Massachusetts Boston, to private ones like the University of Chicago and Rice University, students across the country are coalescing around a novel idea: a tuition strike. The massive mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic has forced college students to question the cost of their education, as schools that charge tens of thousands of dollars in tuition per year transition to online instruction. â€...