Spring Into ESSA: A season of action on behalf of all students
Find out what you can do in your community to make sure that the Every Student Succeeds Act is implemented properly.
Issue Higher Education
College access and affordability on House Democrats’ menu for students
“The possibility of a college degree is becoming further and further out of reach every day,” said Maggie Thompson, executive director of Generation Progress.
Higher education and the presidential candidates
As candidates move their efforts to SC, they might consider a few figures about the Palmetto State: 59 percent of its college graduates have student debt, and the average amount is nearly $30,000.
WI Senator Tammy Baldwin outlines challenges in making college affordable for all
WI Senator fights an uphill battle in Washington, D.C. against those standing in the way of affordable higher education.
Gov Rauner’s budget battle causes crisis in Illinois colleges
It has been six months since Illinois colleges and universities were cut off from state funds, and the quality of higher education – as well as poor students’ access to it – is suffering.
U.S. House approves Every Student Succeeds Act to create greater opportunities for all students
Education activists: Call U.S. Senators to take action and #GetESEARight
College students organize for racial justice: Mizzou student member shares her story
Bianca Zachary, president of the University of Missouri Student NEA chapter, shares her story of campus racism and how activists fought back.
At 50, Higher Education Act remains the cornerstone of college affordability
It’s the big 5-0 for HEA, the Higher Education Act – first signed into law on Nov. 8, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
State news roundup for November 7, 2015
This week: NY educators arrested at protests, CA faculty vote to strike, the MA retirement health care fight and a video look back at IL Gov Rauner’s tumultuous first year.
State news roundup for October 31, 2015
This week: Testing in Illinois and Connecticut, Campus Equity Week actions from Massachusetts and the fight for Youngstown schools in Ohio.