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Education & Youth
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.
The Frantic Push to Reopen Schools Ignores Educational Inequality Before COVID
Rhetoric about children “falling behind” shows a desire to maintain a broken status quo, not a desire for true equity.
After Mass Closures, Post-Pandemic Child Care Options Will Be Scarce
Without massive changes in policy, it may be too late to save thousands of closed child care businesses.
Biden Won’t Allow Cancellation of Standardized Testing Amid COVID-19. Trump Did.
Standardized tests don't measure learning, so it's wrong to believe they will measure COVID's impact on learning.