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This Back to School Season, Kids Face a New Fear: ICE Taking Their Parents
More than 200,000 children in the US are estimated to have had a parent detained by ICE.
Professors in the South Fear Doxxing and Harassment, New Survey Shows
The survey found a significant spike in the number of faculty worried about physical threats to their safety.
Yup’ik Immersion School Program in Alaska Opens Doors to Cultural Connection
Other Indigenous groups are looking to the K-8 language immersion program in Anchorage, Alaska, as an inspiring model.
Resistance Grows Against MI Data Center That Would Fuel Nuclear Weapons Research
Residents are concerned that the joint University of Michigan/Los Alamos facility will power a nuclear arms race.
US Universities Have Conducted at Least 70 Military Research Projects for Israel
A decades-long program has sponsored military research collaborations with at least 30 US universities.
Mamdani Unveils AI Moratorium for Schools Through 8th Grade, Screen Time Limits
Officials say the moratorium announced by the mayor of New York City is the most sweeping of its kind.
The Plastics Industry Is Writing School Lesson Plans to Push Plastics on Kids
Some lessons include plastic scavenger hunts, while others ask kids to pretend they work for Dow Chemical Company.
Texas Expected to Pass Controversial New Curriculum Emphasizing Christianity
The framework highlights the “roots of Western civilization in Christianity” and eliminates a world cultures course.
As a Palestinian From Gaza, I Can Study Abroad in Safety, But Never Visit Home
Our ability to study in safety is tied to a feeling of being emotionally trapped, for we are unable to return home.
Trump Administration Is Reviving a Visa Rule That Could Disrupt Higher Education
These new rules will make it harder for some international students to visit and stay in the US.
My Favorite Teacher Survived the War on Gaza But Didn’t Survive the “Ceasefire”
Manar Lubbad changed many lives. She was among over 1,100 Palestinians who’ve been killed since the so-called ceasefire.
Neoliberal Policy Hollowed Out Universities. Now They Are Collapsing.
Administrators treat their universities like businesses — that’s why they’re failing.
Censorship in LA School District Could Become National Norm, Educators Warn
Educators in the country’s second-largest school district are facing repression in the wake of a new California law.