An unprecedented number of teachers and other school employees are leaving the field because of fears about COVID.
Education & Youth
Democrats introduced a resolution calling on Biden to use executive authority to cancel $50,000 for each student debtor.
Education must cultivate agency and ability to think critically so that students refuse to accept or adapt to injustice.
Legislative proposals to privatize public schools are becoming even less transparent.
A high number of Americans still refuse to take social distancing and mask-wearing seriously, complicating the issue.
Well-resourced school districts are more likely to teach inclusive sex ed than poor ones, even with local mandates.
Systemic change requires that students, families and teachers collectively serve as designers of education.
The pandemic and school privatization schemes continue to bleed students and funding from public school systems.
Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos sided with Charles Koch over students at every turn. She won’t be missed.
Critics say the moral outrage expressed by resigning cabinet members rings hollow after years of enabling Trump.