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Idaho Law Criminalizes Librarians Who Allow LGBTQ Books to Stay on Their Shelves
An informal survey suggests that more than half of the librarians in Idaho are considering leaving their jobs.
Right-Wing Group Hosts Summit to Teach Educators How to Undercut Their Unions
The union-busting summit follows fresh wins by the Freedom Foundation in its campaign to take down teachers’ unions.
Public Libraries Are Essential Resources — and They’re More Threatened Than Ever
Our libraries are already combating inequality, we need to make sure they have the funds to keep doing it.
Inside the Right-Wing Network Trying to Dismantle Higher Education
A new paper lays out the coalition of far right billionaires and think tanks behind the national assault on education.
Christian Nationalists Accelerate Their Plan to Dismantle Public Education
State legislatures are passing bills to erode church-state separation in public education programs throughout the US.
Sanders Report Reveals Right-Wing Billionaires’ Aim to Sabotage Public Education
Public schools are underfunded as voucher programs to subsidize private schools with taxpayer dollars surge.
Over 10K Killed or Harmed in Thousands of Attacks on Education in 2022 and 2023
On average, eight attacks on education were recorded daily over the past two years, according to a researcher.
Holocaust Scholar Loses Job Offer After Calling Out Genocide in Gaza
Raz Segal says he was targeted as a “Jew who refuses the narrowing down of Jewish identity to Zionism.”
Indigenous-Led Effort Changes Illinois School Curriculum to Cover Native History
“We've never ever given up the right to exist,” says Native scholar Megan Bang, who helped move the law forward.
Schools Are Divesting From Arts Education as COVID-Era Federal Funds Evaporate
We should not have to fight for arts inclusion every single year, says arts educator Jody Drezner Alperin.