In Durham, North Carolina, a fight for an elementary school became a catalyst for positive change. As soon as Anna Grant’s busy workday at Forest View Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina, ended, she would ...
Many countries are now experiencing the second surge in cases that medical experts warned would occur if public safety measures and restrictions were lifted too soon. Only roughly 4 percent of the world’s population lives ...
“Anything that’s going on social media that’s negative or alike without permission, photography, that’s video or anything, there will be consequences.” Autumn normally is a time for schools to welcome back students, but during the ...
The National Priorities Project has put together a list of ten better uses for the $74 billion than giving it to one of the world’s largest bureaucracies. (By: Alan Macleod, Mintpress News) The majority of House ...
“Reparations have been paid out to several groups in the United States in the past so it’s not something that’s unheard of and it’s definitely not something that’s a radical idea.” Many Americans are dismissive ...
A 10 percent cut to the Pentagon could come from a multitude of places, including: ending our never-ending wars in the Middle East, reducing our reliance on nuclear weapons, and turning off the spigot to ...
A University of Southern California exhibit dedicated to John Wayne will be removed from their School of Cinematic Arts, following a student-led protest against the actor’s history of racism and homophobia. After the death of ...
As the coronavirus reshapes many aspects of life, it has come time for schools to contemplate when and how to safely reopen for the fall semester. President Donald Trump strongly feels schools should reopen or ...
(David Swanson) The past month’s activism has changed a great deal. One thing it’s helped with is brushing aside the tired old argument over whether government should be big or small. In its place we ...
“In June, the WHO, along with other UN agencies, released a landmark study, ‘Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020.’ Sadly, this study—like so much about the status of children in our time—has ...
An Alaska school board that was in the national spotlight after removing five books from its high school reading list has rescinded its vote. In April, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Palmer, Alaska, voted ...
With millions of children not attending school due to Covid-19, the Oscar-winning actress and humanitarian is drawing attention to fight hunger that may result from this scenario. Indeed, about half of U.S. students rely on ...
“Given the power enjoyed by his sister Betsy DeVos and the close relationships he enjoys with senior figures in the United States government, it appears that a new era is dawning for Erik Prince.” The ...
CNN is partnering with “Sesame Street” for a special town hall this Saturday at 9 a.m. ET to focus on educating kids and parents about coronavirus. The 90-minute program is entitled “The ABC’s of Covid ...
The school privatization movement is not stopping as the country remains locked down. COVID-19 has shuttered public schools across the nation, state governments are threatening to slash education budgets due to the economic collapse caused by the outbreak, and ...
One of the first steps taken by governments worldwide to stop the spread of COVID-19 was the closure of schools, colleges and universities. This obviously has had a major impact on students and teachers due ...
Citizen Truth talked to Fulbright grant recipients in Brasil and Spain about their unique situations and the different ways the crisis is affecting their lives and the lives of others in their respective countries. The ...
Citizen Truth’s William Bacha spoke to Italian and Spanish citizens about their personal experiences during the coronavirus pandemic. When I walked into the grocery store this morning the front of the store was filled with ...
In the past decade, new technologies have transformed the way that people learn. The world of education changed in the past decade. New technologies transformed the way that people learn, standards for what is taught ...
Pete Buttigieg shot into the Democratic primary like a rising star, but criticism from the progressive left may be bringing him down to Earth. Pete Buttigieg, the former two-term mayor of South Bend, Indiana and ...
A national forum on education comprised of 2020 presidential candidates reveals a party moving away from charter schools and failed reforms. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bennet wants you to know how much he cares—really cares—about ...
After their successful strike earlier this year, Oakland teachers are still fighting off charter schools and changing the narrative of public education. While national news outlets hail the conclusion of a historic teacher strike in Chicago, another ...
“The judge is sending a loud and clear message: Students have rights under the law and DeVos’ illegal and reckless violation of their rights will not be tolerated.” A federal judge on Thursday held Education ...
“In the U.S. in 2017, around 17% of children lived in food-insecure homes where at least one family member was unable to acquire adequate food due to insufficient money or other resources.” A New Jersey ...
Betsy Devos and the Department of Education have continued to attempt to collect on fraudulent student loans from a now-bankrupt for-profit college. Federal judge Sallie Kim slammed Education Secretary Betsy Devos on Monday for violating ...
“As a first year teacher, I am coming into the profession with no materials. Through this movement, I have been blessed to receive gifts from perfect strangers — some teachers, some in other professions, and ...
In the age of standardized tests and common core state standards, today’s teachers must stick strictly to teaching the curriculum, which outside forces sometimes determine. Local school boards and administrators normally design school curriculums, but ...
Should the U.S., the richest country in the world, provide free school lunches? A nine-year-old boy had his hot lunch taken away from him in front of other students on his birthday because of an ...
“As a former CPS teacher, I know how hard our dedicated educators work to ensure the children of Chicago can live up their vast potential.” On Monday, August 26, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) announced ...
“According to the 2015 guidelines that are currently in force, poor diet and lack of exercise are likely related to preventable chronic disease in nearly 120 million American adults, including Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, ...
Students as young as Grade 5 expressed a wish “to study hard to repay” the company, and many thought “the tobacco company is kind.” (By Jennifer Fang, The Conversation) Would you send your child to ...
Lack of regulation in the charter school industry is turning education into the hottest get rich quick scheme about town. One of the most crucial differences between charter schools and traditional public schools is how ...
“In the last school year for which my group had data, 2016 to 2017, the U.S. public schools no longer had a majority of any racial group.” (By Erica Frankenberg, The Conversation) Democratic presidential candidate ...
“We have experimented educationally on children who are poor, who are of color, who go to underfunded schools. We come up with ways of teaching them that are experiments and have absolutely no kind of ...
This is the second part, in a three-part series on the Roma people in Europe. Roma, who are commonly referred to as “gypsies” though the term is often considered derogatory, face widespread and often state-sanctioned ...
This is the first part, in a three-part series on the Roma people in Europe. Roma, who are commonly referred to as “gypsies” though the term is often considered derogatory, face widespread and often state-sanctioned ...
Since June 3, the primary and secondary education teachers in Chile are mobilizing against the deterioration of public education, infrastructural problems, long-standing teachers’ debts and curricular changes, among other issues. (Peoples Dispatch) On June 17, ...
“I would 100% be on board if it was a mentoring position, that makes sense. But asking your alumni to usurp your adjunct faculty and teach actual classes for no pay, Because Giving Back, is ...
“Regardless of what you think about inmates, what do you want for your community? You have to understand that they all come back eventually. If you don’t rehabilitate them, how are they going to successfully ...
A3 and its affiliated businesses fraudulently invoiced at least $83 million from 13 charter schools and at least $8.18 million went into personal bank accounts. A Newport Beach, California firm called A3 Education is at ...
Unions say that low pay and lack of equity are significant contributors to the escalating teacher shortage and increasing class sizes. (People’s Dispatch) As many as 50,000 teachers across New Zealand went on strike on ...
“Some people leave precisely because they have been deprived of an education, and they feel betrayed.” As public school education has become increasingly secular over the years, private religious schools have pushed back by focusing ...
Ohio has a new coalition of business leaders “committed to improving education for every Ohio student,” but is the commitment really to quality education or to creating an optimal employee for local business? Multiple prominent ...
The Chicago Teachers Union leadership said that the recent surge in teachers’ strikes is driven by resistance to more than a decade of austerity and the dire consequences of the push to privatize public education. ...
The recent college admissions scandal shines a light on the dark underside of the U.S.’ education system and the many widespread educational advantages affluent Americans benefit from —all while the less-advantaged struggle for a decent ...
A former California teacher filed a lawsuit accusing beneficiaries of the recent college admissions scandal of defrauding and stealing university applicants’ right to a fair admissions process. (Reuters) The U.S. college admissions scandal that erupted ...
Some 300 law enforcement agents swept across the country on Tuesday to make arrests in what agents code-named “Operation Varsity Blues,” breaking up a ring of high-profile clients buying their children’s way into elite universities. ...
A recent report exposes how public pensions are intertwined with institutions that profit off mass incarceration. (Inequality.org) It’s been just over a year since West Virginia teachers began their historic strike, kicking off a new ...
(By Michael Addonizio, Wayne State University) When I was asked to support a federal lawsuit that says Detroit’s deteriorating schools were having a negative impact on students’ ability to learn, the decision was a no-brainer. Detroit’s schools ...
The costs imposed by charter schools are not only financially burdensome to local public schools; they’re also potentially calamitous to schoolchildren and families. (By Jeff Bryant, Independent Media Institute) When striking Los Angeles teachers won their ...
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