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  1. The people’s advocate: Jim Anderson

    A simple wooden cross hangs around the neck of Jim Anderson, a tall and lanky Pete Seeger lookalike who is now 88. “I hope the Mexicans will win the Mexican American war on poverty,” he announces as we begin. It takes me a few minutes to catch on: his sen ...

    18 Apr 2015 - Myrla Magness

  2. Our corporate classrooms: Bill Bigelow on the dangers of standardized curriculums and fresh ideas

    Bill Bigelow is an educator and activist who taught social studies in the Portland Public Schools for more than 30 years. Though he has left the classroom as a full-time teacher, he is actively involved in the U.S. educational system through his work with ...

    21 May 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar

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