Weekend Reading

This week’s got a few themed sections, so take your pick and have at it:

On Education, Strikes, and the Chicago Teachers Union Strike:

• A thorough report on what’s happening, from Reuters.
• Chicago Teachers Go On Strike: A Background.
• How Michelle Rhee is Taking Over the Democratic Party.
• The History of Chicago Work Stoppages in Schools.
• The Hard Facts Behind the Dispute.
• Making a Job Worse is a Brilliant Strategy for Attracting Better Talent.
• Why Do People Hate Teachers Unions? Because They Hate Teachers.
• Why Do So Many Liberals Hate Teachers Unions?
• Who’s Hurting the Children?
• How Much Do Teacher Strikes Affect Students?
• Strike for America.
• There’s a Simple Solution to the Public Schools Crisis: Ban Private Schools.
• Nick Kristof Doesn’t Like Unions, Whether Teacher or News Paper.
• Can the Chicago Strike Fix Democratic Education Reform?
• So What if Teachers are in It for the Money?

On Higher Education:

• The Rise and Demise of the Neoliberal University.
• CUNY Administration Declares War on Rebel Faculty.
• Race and Gender in Higher Education – Who Gets Degrees?
• The Combustible Campus.
• Prison.edu: The Most Effective, Underfunded College System in the U.S.
• Against Humanities: The Self-Consciousness of the Corporate University.

More miscellaneous readings:

• Charles Tegart and the Forts That Tower Over Israel.
• Denied Entry.
• On Depression and Getting Help.
• An Open Letter to Wikipedia.
• We’re Not the Entitlement Generation.
• The Standardized No. 2 Pencil Test, on measuring beauty.
• Terry Jones and U.S. Foreign Policy.
• Benghazi was a Battle.
• Looks Like the U.S. Knew About the Katyn Massacre All Along.
• “Was the Arab Spring Really Worth It?” The Arrogance of Power.
• Fear of a Black President.
• Barack Obama: Jackie Robinson of Presidents.