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Education & Youth
Connecticut Pilots a Better Way for Unhoused Kids and Caregivers to Access Homes
Connecticut’s “Head Start on Housing” program could serve as a blueprint for other states nationwide.
Schools Are Going Underground to Avoid Trump’s Immigration Dragnet
No matter the strategy, the goal is the same: avoid potential federal audits, funding cuts, and closures.
Regulating AI Isn’t Enough. Let’s Dismantle the Logic That Put It in Schools.
AI in schools isn’t progress — it’s a sign of how far we’ve strayed from the purpose of education.
Schools Scramble After Trump Admin Withdraws $7B in Federal Education Funding
Lawmakers and advocates are calling the move an illegal act of impoundment, blocking funds already approved by Congress.
TX Families Sue to Stop Ten Commandments Requirement in Public School Classrooms
The co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation says Texas has no right to dictate how or whether kids worship.
Federal Budget Bill May Reduce Aid for Nearly 500,000 Texas College Students
A proposal in the House would cut the maximum Pell Grant award by $1,500 and remove eligibility for part-time students.
Average Child Care Cost for a Baby Exceeds In-State College Tuition in 41 States
And in most states, child care for families with two kids costs more than a mortgage or rent.
Texas Now Requires Public School Classrooms to Display the Ten Commandments
Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 10, even though a similar Louisiana law was deemed unconstitutional.
When ICE Ramped Up Raids, LA Schools Increased Support for Students and Families
Los Angeles Unified School District added 100 summer school sites, extra transportation, and virtual learning options.
International Students Fear Traveling Abroad Due to Trump’s Policies
The president's targeting of international students has also led many to fear exercising their freedom of speech.
Teachers and Students Are Rising Up to Defend Anti-Racist Education in the US
An intergenerational movement is defending knowledge that challenges the status quo — on campus and in the streets.
Militant Grad Workers Build Union Power to Fight Attacks on Education and Labor
In this moment, organized labor can both intervene to defend people and articulate a different vision for higher ed.
McCarthy Attacked Individual Professors. Trump Is Going After Entire Campuses.
Historian Ellen Schrecker says the current assault is worse than the 1950's anti-communist repression of higher ed.