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Students Plan to Sue DeSantis for Rejecting AP African American Studies Course
"I thought here in this country, we believe in the free exchange of ideas, not the suppression of it," said one student.
Grad Students and Faculty Don’t Want to Work for Fossil Fuel Industry Anymore
University researchers should not be forced or even allowed to produce biased data for the fossil fuel industry.
Labor and Education Activists Must Challenge Private Tech Takeover of Schools
It's time we pushed back against the industry premise that education's purpose is to prepare workers for the job market.
College Textbooks Cover the Climate Crisis Less Than They Did Before 2010
Coverage of climate solutions dropped to 3 percent of the total content on climate change from 15 percent in the 90s.
The Right Has Expanded Its Dark Money Strategy for Dominating School Boards
The far right built an elaborate new infrastructure for attacking public education in the run-up to the midterms.
Educator Jeffrey Duncan-Andrade: Teachers Must Fight Inequality, Not Create It
Schools typically see children as broken and try to fix them, but it’s our schools and society that is broken.
Manchin Helped to Impoverish 4 Million Children When He Killed Child Tax Credit
Working people don't stand a chance in a nation that despises the poor and caters to those with power.
Teachers Nationwide Want to Reduce Class Sizes for More Reasons Than COVID
The push to reduce class sizes is gaining momentum. Can the pandemic be a portal to the end of overcrowded classrooms?
Schools Should Ban Corporal Punishment — and Teach Restorative Justice Instead
By instituting corporal punishment, school districts are exposing children to violence that causes long-term damage.
Los Angeles Teachers Are Burned Out and Priced Out of Living in Their City
The local teachers union lists unaffordable housing, large class sizes and over-testing as contributing stressors.