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Pay Gap Between Teachers, Other Professionals, Is Widest Since 1960s — Report
Teachers across the U.S. are earning 26 percent less in income than other professionals with similar education levels.
Expiration of Pandemic-Era Funding Threatens to Devastate US Child Care Industry
If child care legislation isn’t passed soon, the funding cliff could decimate care sites and erase decades of progress.
Teachers Are Leaving Jobs in Kentucky and Florida as Anti-LGBTQ Laws Proliferate
Laws restricting discussion about race, gender and sexuality have prompted some teachers to leave these states entirely.
Thousands of Borrowers File Appeals as Student Loan Payments Loom
Over 20,000 borrowers have already sent legal appeals to the Department of Education with support from a debtors union.
Attack on Latino History Exhibit Is “a Repeat of the Red Scare,” Historian Warns
The Smithsonian halted plans for an exhibition on the '60s Latino civil rights movement following right-wing backlash.
Ohio Ed Board Members Sue State Over Law Creating New, Separate Education Agency
Ohio's recently-passed state budget created a new education department that some board members say is unconstitutional.
Land-Grant HBCUs Underfunded by $13 Billion, Biden Administration Says
The underfunding limited HBCUs from competing for research grants other institutions pursued, the administration said.
Here’s How Illinois and California Are Resisting Right-Wing Book Bans
Both states’ legislation set a strong precedent of protecting avenues of public knowledge and education.
Deaf Students and Educators Face Harrowing Conditions in Hearing Schools
Deaf educator Rachel Zemach is sounding the alarm on educational injustice.
Florida Education Board Set to Approve Christian-Centric Alternative to the SAT
The new exam that Florida is considering is "blatantly … guided by belief and ideology," said one critic.