Tag: Education

The Bunsis Report, February 2016

In February 2016, Dr. Howard Bunsis of Eastern Michigan University visited Oregon State.  He offered an analysis of the financial priorities of OSU and evaluated how well it allocated resources toward accomplishing it’s academic mission.

The Anarres Project co-sponsored his visit, along with the Allied Students for Another Politics, OSU-Association of American University Professors, Service Employees International Union 503, the Alliance for a Socially Just University, and the Coalition of Graduate Employees.

The Anarres Project wishes to share the slides from Bunsis’s report and encourages students, staff, and faculty of OSU to view and discuss them with colleagues.

Bunsis Oregon State February 2016

Why the Coming Supreme Court Decision Might Not Be The End of the World for Teachers’ Unions and Labor

 

By Mark Naison (February 2, 2016)

The coming Supreme Court decision elminating mandatory dues check off by public employees unions will create a crisis in the labor movement- especially for the big national teachers’ unions- but it need not destroy them. Continue reading “Why the Coming Supreme Court Decision Might Not Be The End of the World for Teachers’ Unions and Labor”

When Gentrification Happens in the University

 

By Mark Naison (September 17, 2015)

Someone carved the “N” word on the door of a Black student living in one of Fordham’s residence halls this weekend. I have no comforting words for those who feel profoundly violated. I will do whatever is necessary to protect my students and all who feel vulnerable and alone as a result of this very serious attack on our community’s values and integrity. Continue reading “When Gentrification Happens in the University”

Interview: John Lindsay-Poland

John Lindsay-Poland has been active in movements for Latin American human rights and solidarity and demilitarization of US policy. He currently coordinates the Wage Peace program in San Francisco of the American Friends Service Committee, an organization founded in 1917 that promotes peace and non-violence. He resides in Oakland, California. Continue reading “Interview: John Lindsay-Poland”

Making Cities Safe Through Racial and Class Cleansing

 

By Mark Naison

As I have been thinking about the growing prevalence of Broken Windows Policing, stop and frisk, and other law enforcement strategies that keep young people of color pinned in their neighborhoods, and in some parts of NYC, pinned in their housing projects, I cannot help look at some of the other things going on in New York neighborhoods where those young people are now conspicuously absent. Continue reading “Making Cities Safe Through Racial and Class Cleansing”

Debt Manifesto: Allied Students for Another Politics!

 

The following is a manifesto issued by ASAP!, the Allied Students for Another Politics!, a group of student organizers at Oregon State University, as a statement of purpose for their planned action on March 3, 2015. Continue reading “Debt Manifesto: Allied Students for Another Politics!”

One, Two, Three, What are We Fighting For?” A Parent/Student/Teacher Manifesto

Mark Naison

Today, America’s young people face the gravest threat they have confronted since the Vietnam War. In the 60’s, their lives were endangered by a Bi-Partisan military initiative destined to fail.  Today, their minds are threatened by a Bi-Partisan educational initiative that Is squeezing creativity and joy out of the nation’s public  schools. Continue reading “One, Two, Three, What are We Fighting For?” A Parent/Student/Teacher Manifesto”

Why School Reform is an Irresistible Strategy of Urban Development for Economic Elites

By Mark Naison

In virtually every urban center in the nation, there is a concerted effort, supported by a cross section of the business community, to dismantle urban public schools and replace them with charter schools. Continue reading “Why School Reform is an Irresistible Strategy of Urban Development for Economic Elites”

Seven Problems with the Charter School Model for Achieving Education Equity

By Mark Naison

The Charter School Model for achieving education equity, as applied in cities ranging from New Orleans, to Chicago, to Camden, to Memphis, to Buffalo and Washington DC, involves several problematic features: Continue reading “Seven Problems with the Charter School Model for Achieving Education Equity”