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Schools Are Struggling to Avoid Worsening Inequity When They Reopen
One matter of dominant concern is how to re-engage with students who began working full-time after schools closed.
Charter Schools May Have Double-Dipped as Much as $1 Billion in PPP Loans
Some of the schools were also awarded millions from a grant that Betsy DeVos created in April.
80+ Lawmakers Demand Trump Rescind Plan to Force International Students Out
The measure could affect hundreds of thousands of students whose universities have paused in-person classes.
Betsy DeVos Compares Risk of Returning to School to Riding a Rocket Ship
DeVos reportedly told governors that the health risks of COVID should not deter them from reopening schools.
If Schools Reopen This Fall, More People Will Likely Die. Full Stop.
We are dangerously unready to thrust millions of children into the enclosed close-quarters reality of school.
ICE Threatens to Deport International Students If Schools Move Classes Online
International students account for as much as a third of the undergraduate student body at many U.S. universities.
Supreme Court Ruling Fails LGBTQ Youth and Students With Disabilities
“Espinoza v. Montana” creates a pathway for religious schools to discriminate against already marginalized students.
Trump Threatens to Cut Funding for Schools If They Don’t Reopen in the Fall
Trump suggested other countries' schools were reopening, ignoring the fact that U.S. infection rates are much higher.
SCOTUS Ruling on Religious Schools Threatens Church-State Separation
Civil liberties advocates warn the ruling could make taxpayers underwrite religious education.
Taking Schools Online Leaves Marginalized Students Remote From Learning
Students and educators have all become subjects in “The Great Zoom-School Experiment.”