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Give Students The Same Break Big Banks Get

Isaiah J. Poole — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:18:40 -0400

Education Opportunity Network

Isaiah J. Poole — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:47:31 -0500

Smart Talk

Isaiah J. Poole — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:55:04 -0400

Smart Talk is a series of briefs focused on how to talk about the big economic challenges facing the American people.

In the wake of the worst economic calamity since the Great Depression, we are stuck in an economy which is not working for working people. Americans must decide if they want to go back to the failed conservative policies that drove us into this mess or continue on the path of reform. That is a crucial choice – but the fundamental reforms vital to creating an economy of shared prosperity are still largely missing in action. It will require activists and citizen movements to challenge the limits of the current debate.

We aim to help by providing tested and effective ways to talk about these broader reforms in the key economic debates you and the constituencies you work with face. This is an ambitious project. We’ll be learning as we go, and we need your feedback both on whether this is useful and how we can sharpen the arguments.

Lessons From The Chicago Teachers Strike

Isaiah J. Poole — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:55:10 -0400

The news coverage and commentary surrounding the Chicago teachers strike has included a lot of misinformation and mythology about what teachers are fighting for and what school reform should look like. On this age we offer commentary that adds important facts and a more progressive view of what public education should become.

Make College Affordable

Isaiah J. Poole — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:26:35 -0400

Read about and join our campaign to keep Stafford Loan interest rates from doubling, as well as our push for bold actions to make college affordable for all.

TheMiddleClass.org

Isaiah J. Poole — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:12:24 -0400

Starving America’s Public Schools

Isaiah J. Poole — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:25:35 -0400

Time To Build A Movement: Take Back The American Dream Conference

Isaiah J. Poole — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:11:07 -0400

A Plan To Take Back The American Dream

Isaiah J. Poole — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:28:12 -0400

The Rebuild The Dream movement has released a "Contract for the American Dream" that contains 10 agenda items that are central to our push to "take back the American dream" and put it back within the reach of working people. Read the contract and see our related articles below.

Obama’s Budget: Supporting Students, Not Banks

Isaiah J. Poole — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:44:20 -0500

President Obama’s 2010 budget would transform the federal financial aid system that struggling students and families rely on to pay for college. The proposed budget cuts excessive lender subsidies, moves to more efficient direct lending instead, and invests the savings in students. Our report examines the impact.