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Education & Youth
Teaching Through COVID Was Grief-Filled. I Hope It Pushes Us to Dream Bigger.
I daydream of the transformative potential of this hardship, imagining a future that better serves all our children.
Warren, Sanders Propose Permanently Expanding Food Stamps to College Students
The bill could help millions of students continue to access SNAP benefits beyond the pandemic.
Sanders, Omar Introduce Bill to Permanently Provide Kids With Free School Meals
The bill would provide kids with free breakfast, lunch, dinner and a snack regardless of their family’s income.
Infants and Toddlers Aren’t Spared the Impacts of Social and Economic Inequality
Amid COVID, gaps have widened when it comes to regular pediatrician visits, maternal mental health and food insecurity.
The Kids Are Not All Right: Concerns for Mental Health Mount as Schools Reopen
Students and educators say the needs of traumatized students must be addressed before real learning can take place.
Sanders, Jayapal Introduce Bill to Make College Free for Nearly 80% of Americans
The proposal would make college and university tuition-free for all students from families earning under $125,000/year.
Colleges Are Using COVID as an Excuse for Austerity. Unions Are Pushing Back.
Some union organizers say that recent budget cuts were premature, premeditated, and in some cases, draconian.
Arkansas Republicans Who Pushed Anti-Trans Bill Pass a Bill to Teach Creationism
The right's anti-trans push and the move to return creationism to the classroom emphasizes an anti-science connection.
Communities Hardest Hit by COVID Are Also Harmed Most by Standardized Testing
Standardized testing under pandemic conditions will only magnify the inequities the tests were designed to perpetuate.
Colleges Are Using COVID as a Pretext to Make Draconian Cuts to the Humanities
COVID-19 is being used as a pretext to eviscerate departments at both public and private colleges throughout the U.S.