District That Threatened Kids with Lunch Debt with Foster Care Just Forgave All Debt
For kids in a Pennsylvania school district, the aphorism that there is no such thing as a free lunch will feel a little less true for the next five years, and all…
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High School Cuts Off Valedictorian After She Mentions Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice
Rooha Haghar, valedictorian of Emmett J. Conrad High School in Dallas, Texas, is accusing her school principal of censoring her speech. In a video Haghar earlier this week, one clip of her…
Elizabeth Warren Has Yet to Apologize for Her Pro-Charter School History
(EDITOR’S NOTE, 6/7/19, 12:00 PM ET: This article has been amended to update the description of Sonya Mehta, who introduced Sen. Warren at an Oakland rally. While she was formerly described as…
Teacher Diagnosed with Cancer Has to Pay for a Substitute Out of Her Own Pocket
A California teacher with a recent breast cancer diagnosis has now been hit with another surprise bill — a long-term substitute teacher. The teacher, whom CNN has said has chosen to remain…
Education Secretary Who Owns 10 Yachts Thinks Teachers Should Strike After Hours
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, whose net worth is in excess of $1 billion, isn’t a fan of underpaid public school teachers going on strike during school hours. During the recent Education Writers…
The Teacher Shortage Is Real, Large, Growing, and Worse Than We Thought
(EDITOR’S NOTE, 5/6/19, 5:59 PM ET: A recent study conducted by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) showed that the data on the national teacher shortage is much worse than previously thought. This…
Unionized Faculty at Rutgers University Win Historic Victory After Threatening Strike
In case America needed a reminder about the potential of organized labor, eight thousand faculty and graduate workers at Rutgers University came away from years of fighting with a historic contract. After…
Christian Extremists Work to Get 11 States to Teach Bible in Public Schools
Last year, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said she wanted to consign the separation of church and state to ““; with a flurry of Bible class bills a radical Christian nationalist group aims…
Trump Budget Proposes Eliminating Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness
President Trump’s new budget proposal contains extensive cuts to higher education and include what amounts to an elimination of a student loan forgiveness program for government and non-profit employees. Mr. Trump outlined…
We Could Fund Free College for the Same Cost as Trump’s Increase in War Budget
The major argument against free public college is that it isn’t actually free — taxpayers pick up the bill for tuition. But taxpayers already pick up the bill for a lot of…