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These For-Profit Schools Are ‘Like A Prison’

Camelot Education takes the students that public schools have given up on. But some current and former students say its discipline goes too far.

by Zoë Kirsch and Francesca Berardi and Stephen Smiley and Sarah Carr

Saudi Arabia Bombs Another School In Yemen, Killing Five

At least five people, including two children, were killed when the Saudi-led coalition bombed a primary school.

Saudi Arabia Bombs Another School In Yemen, Killing Five

(REPORT) --- A primary school in Yemen was bombed by the Saudi-led coalition on Tuesday, and five people, including two children, were killed, medics told the Middle East Eye. A rebel group puts the death toll at eight,

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10 Children Killed,28 Wounded In US-Backed Coalition Strike In Yemen

Coalition spokesman Gen. Ahmad Assiri said of the airstrikes: “Don’t focus on the technical details. This is a war. Collateral damage could happen, mistakes could happen.”

10 Children Killed,28 Wounded In US-Backed Coalition Strike In Yemen

Ten children were killed and 28 other children were wounded on Saturday when an airstrike struck a school in northern Yemen, medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders said. All the casualties were 8-15 years old, the group, which uses its French acronym, MSF, 

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America’s Struggling, Poor Schools

Uncovering the stark disparities behind school money.

America’s Struggling, Poor Schools

Why do many school districts fail to meet the needs of their students? One commonly cited response is our country’s disparate school funding system: because most districts rely heavily on local property tax for funding, schools in poor districts are often left with fewer resources than schools in wealthier areas. Even though school funding issues

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Israeli Settlers Torch Palestinian School In Galilee

Israeli media said that the school was burned by the “Pay The Price” Israeli group which is accused of numerous fatal arson attacks on Palestinian families, churches, mosques and schools.

Israeli Settlers Torch Palestinian School In Galilee

Tel Aviv, Israel -  A group of Israeli settlers, on Saturday night, set fire to a Palestinian school in Tuba village of the Galilee area, inside the 1948 lands.

Locals said, according to the PNN, that the fire escalated at around 11 PM, when the firefighters rushed to the scene and put out the fire.

Israeli

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13M Children Forced Out Of School By Western Destabilization Efforts In Middle East

According to the new report from the United Nations, over 8,850 schools are unusable due to war and unrest across the Middle East.

13M Children Forced Out Of School By Western Destabilization Efforts In Middle East

UNITED NATIONS --- Years of war and unrest devastated education in the Middle East and North Africa, leaving more than 13 million children without safe or reliable schools across the region, according to a new report from UNICEF. The report, “Education Under Fire,” which was released on

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Kit O'Connell

Kit O'Connell

A gonzo journalist from Austin, Texas and Staff Writer for MintPress News, Kit O'Connell's writing has also appeared at Truthout, the Texas Observer, and The Establishment.

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School Segregation Is Much Bigger Than A Few Schools In The South

43 percent of Latino students and 38 percent of black students go to schools where fewer than 10 percent of their classmates are white, and more than one in seven black and Latino students attend schools where less than 1 percent of their classmates are white.

School Segregation Is Much Bigger Than A Few Schools In The South

A recent desegregation order from the U.S. Department of Justice includes a lot of the checkmarks experts say are important for school districts to meet to reach meaningful school integration, but it is also only one school district in a nation of schools that have failed to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education. The U.S. District Court

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