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Appeals Court Blocks Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan
More than half of the more than 8 million borrowers who have enrolled in the program have a $0 monthly payment.
Arizona’s “Model” School Voucher Program Is Causing Massive Budget Meltdown
The state is facing a $1.4 billion budget shortfall, much of it due to a tax-funded private school voucher program.
Idaho Law Criminalizes Librarians Who Allow LGBTQ Books to Stay on Their Shelves
An informal survey suggests that more than half of the librarians in Idaho are considering leaving their jobs.
Public Libraries Are Essential Resources — and They’re More Threatened Than Ever
Our libraries are already combating inequality, we need to make sure they have the funds to keep doing it.
Inside the Right-Wing Network Trying to Dismantle Higher Education
A new paper lays out the coalition of far right billionaires and think tanks behind the national assault on education.
Consequences of CUNY Encampment Felony Charges Extend Far Beyond Campus
If the students are convicted, it would set a precedent for prosecuting pro-Palestinian organizers across the US.
Christian Nationalists Accelerate Their Plan to Dismantle Public Education
State legislatures are passing bills to erode church-state separation in public education programs throughout the US.
Sanders Report Reveals Right-Wing Billionaires’ Aim to Sabotage Public Education
Public schools are underfunded as voucher programs to subsidize private schools with taxpayer dollars surge.
Over 10K Killed or Harmed in Thousands of Attacks on Education in 2022 and 2023
On average, eight attacks on education were recorded daily over the past two years, according to a researcher.
Holocaust Scholar Loses Job Offer After Calling Out Genocide in Gaza
Raz Segal says he was targeted as a “Jew who refuses the narrowing down of Jewish identity to Zionism.”