Our students are intelligent and partake in the democratic process that this country was founded on. So if our students feel forced to have a protest to make their voices heard, join them. They are teaching all of us what Democracy looks like, sounds like, and feels like.
I still don't pay attention to party controversy. I will hopefully one day understand the ins-and-outs of health care and taxation, but at the moment I will admit, I am clueless.
The balance of strategy and the combustion of youthful energy of the convergence became clear as the debate to re-take the streets was poised before leaving the Gateway outdoor square.
Saturday night, on the eve of Mexico's presidential election, tens of thousands of protesters marched with candles through Mexico City, according to E...
The University of California Police Department has been condemned in numerous reports over the past decade for being too aggressive with student prote...
SAN FRANCISCO -- A University of California, Berkeley report released Wednesday criticizes campus police for jabbing and clubbing student protesters w...
Leaders from four student associations have been in negotiations with two different education ministers over the past few months as multiple daily protests have paralyzed Montreal, Quebec's largest city.
After the Washington state government proposed in a special legislative session to cut education funding as a way to close a $2 billion budget gap, hu...
What sets this era of protest apart is that those in charge of higher education in California are themselves vehement critics of the budget cuts which students are now protesting.
NEW YORK -- Barbara Handschu had tried to remove her name from the agreement that is her legacy.
More than a quarter century ago, after New York's po...
Around 50 high school students occupied Santiago’s City Hall on Monday morning in a protest that ended with 44 arrests, after apparently being allow...
SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chilean police used water cannons and tear gas to break up a student march for free public education on Thursday, hours after prote...
Progressive and engaged students perpetually are faced with a dilemma. The logic of their commitments points to political participation, but entry into the system feels like a betrayal of their values.
Our natural reaction to contrasting views should always be to speak out ourselves, not shut our opponents up. Muslim students get the same First Amendment protections as Israeli ambassadors.
Chilean students are experimenting with new forms of protest, such as marathon runs around congress, kiss-ins, and a 3,000-student performance of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" to imply that the education system in Chile has become a zombie.
The principal at Austin Polytechnical Academy in a struggling West Side neighborhood of Chicago has rescinded the suspensions of 36 students who walke...
After discovering last week that nearly a quarter of their teachers were being dismissed, Austin Polytechnical Academy students decided to take extrem...
More protests against school budget cuts and limitations on teachers' rights are taking place across the country -- except at these rallies, attendant...