WireTap Magazine: Education Ideas and action for a new generation. en-us Wiretap http://www.wiretapmag.org/rss/button.gif http://www.wiretapmag.org/ Wiretap http://www.wiretapmag.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. en-us Education: (Video) Students Protest Classmate Murders http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43776/ San Francisco high school students walk out to call attention to violence. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:00:01 PDT HOMEY Education: Keeping the Door Open: An Interview with Community Leaders http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43788/ Family Focus has been serving Illinois communities for over 30 years. What's the secret to their success? Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT De Nishia Yearby, Rock the Trail Education: Turning Pages: High School Journalism in Transition http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43752/ With high school newspapers disappearing, the future of journalism is at risk. Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:00:01 PDT Jamilah King, WireTap Education: Silence Broken: Making Inmates of Students http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43697/ Opinion: A Texas school district says to follow the dress code or wear a prison jumpsuit. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:00:01 PDT Kameelah Rasheed, WireTap Education: Whatever It Takes http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43677/ Students in the South Bronx still fight for education reform. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:00:01 PDT Whatever It Takes Education: Re-thinking Truancy http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43643/ A truancy drop-in center in San Francisco shows compassion and gets results. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:00:01 PDT YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia Education: Exit Strategies: Confronting Faulty Grad Tests http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43620/ A Tennessee student denied a valid high school diploma fights back. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:01 PDT Latricia Wilson, WireTap Education: Interview with Adrienne Maree Brown http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43599/ The artist and organizer speaks on the need for non-violent direct action and media justice. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:00:01 PDT Education: Silence Broken: Critical Literacy Is The Goal http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43503/ Column: A young teacher's advice on how to reach struggling readers and writers by building a culture of critical literacy. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:00:01 PDT Kameelah Rasheed, WireTap Education: Left Out: School-to-Prison Pipeline http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43513/ A group of New York City high school students examine the school-to-prison pipeline at their school, and look toward changes. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:00:01 PDT Global Action Project Education: Opinion: Why I Campaign for College Tuition Relief Now! http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43472/ As 2007 marked the first time California spent more money on prisons than public colleges, young activists mobilize for a ballot initiative that will help low-income students access universities. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:01 PDT Vicente Garcia, WireTap Education: Building A Better Pencil http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43434/ A student-run business brings green supplies to campus bookstores. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:00:01 PST Allie Schratz, Golden Gate [X]press Education: When Kids Cut Class, Parents Go to Jail http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43412/ A new program in San Francisco attempts to stem crime before it starts -- by keeping elementary school-aged children in school. The repercussions of missing class could be criminal -- for their parents. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:01 PST Peter Micek, New America Media Education: Wiley College Shares Spotlight With "Great Debaters" http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43384/ New film <i>Great Debaters</i> sheds light on financial struggle of Historically Black College. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:00:01 PST Kai Beasley, Black College Wire Education: Minding the Gap http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43246/ Young public high school teachers offer insight to our education system and what reforms students are asking for. Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:00:01 PDT Sarah Seltzer, WireTap Education: Swimming With Student Loan Sharks http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43247/ As College Cost Reduction Act becomes law, what students and everyone else should know about borrowing money for college. Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:00:01 PDT Scott Thill, WireTap Education: Student Sex Health Stymied http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43238/ With student groups working tirelessly to spread sexual health awareness, why are sexually transmitted infections still going strong on college campuses? Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:01 PDT Maya Schenwar, WireTap Education: The Racial Politics of College Newspapers http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43234/ Why college newsrooms are often neither diverse nor racially sensitive. Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:00:01 PDT Justin Elliot, Campus Progress Education: Education Among the Devastation http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43207/ Post-Katrina student life is a balance of stress, studies and hope for the future. Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:00:01 PDT Nicole McClelland, WireTap Education: Hip-Hop Rebuffs NCLB http://www.wiretapmag.org/education/43199/ Reforming education was the hot topic at Atlanta's Hip-Hop Social Forum. Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:01 PDT Mari Rice, WireTap