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Trump Taps Billionaire Linda McMahon to Head Department of Education
The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment has no experience in education, says education historian Diane Ravitch.
Schools Once Built for Whites Only Are Receiving Millions in Taxpayer Money
Many private schools established during desegregation that are still majority white benefit from voucher-style programs.
In Multiple States, Voters Firmly Rejected School Voucher Programs
This election, popular sentiment against vouchers largely defeated special interest groups and powerful governors.
Voters Approved Several Ballot Measures Expanding Funding for Kids and Families
A number of states took steps to address child care shortages and ongoing child behavioral and mental health concerns.
Billionaires Who Aim to “Disrupt” Education May Get a Chance Even If Trump Loses
One of Harris’s biggest donors and closest confidants is a billionaire for whom education “disruption” is a core cause.
School Vouchers Have a Racist History and Troubling Impacts on Public Schools
The voucher system came out of racist parents’ rejection of integrated schools in the ‘50s. It’s still hurting students.
Trump Threatens to Defund Schools for Teaching US History
Education advocates implore voters to take Trump's latest comments on public schools seriously.
Ohio Is Giving Millions in Taxpayer-Funded Grants to Religious Schools
Critics warn that the state is using public money to expand a separate, religious system of education.
How Does Israel Justify Mass Killings? It Starts in the Schools.
Palestinian history and geography are absent from Israeli schoolbooks, scholar Nurit Peled-Elhanan says.
Israel Bombed 16 Schools in Gaza in Past 6 Weeks, Rights Group Says
Roughly 630,000 children in Gaza were supposed to start a new school year this week.