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Oklahoma Teacher Disciplined for Sharing Access to Banned Books Has Quit
Both the state and the school created “an impossible working environment for teachers,” she said in a statement.
Florida Teachers Prepare for Censorship as Conservative Legislation Takes Effect
The “Don’t Say Gay” and “Stop WOKE Act” bills censor conversations about gender, sexuality and race in schools.
Teachers Make 23.5 Percent Less Than Other College Graduates, a New High
A new report’s findings on deficiencies in teacher pay could help explain recent teacher shortages.
Florida’s Repressive Laws Are Exacerbating a Growing National Teacher Shortage
A hostile climate toward educators, particularly around LGBTQ+ issues and race, is pushing people out of the profession.
Students Like Me Can Target School Boards to Get Police Out of Schools
Students can challenge injustices like school policing by organizing and making their voices heard at school boards.
The US Is Descending Into a Crisis of Overt Fascism. There’s Still a Way Out.
The right is seeking to steal elections and deputizing vigilantes to constrain our rights. U.S. democracy is in peril.
A Ukrainian-Led School Emerges in Germany to Teach Refugee Children
More than 5.8 million Ukrainian refugees have fled to Europe. In Dresden, Germany, a school has opened to serve them.
The Right Wants to End Teacher Certification. It’s Already Starting to Happen.
The right-wing group ALEC said “alternative credentialing” of teachers is one of its “essential policy ideas” for 2022.
Right-Wing “American Birthright” Curriculum Pushes Christianity, Obscures Racism
Conservatives are promoting the new K-12 plan as the antidote to “Woke social studies standards.”
The Supreme Court Is Now Forcing Taxpayers to Pay for Anti-Gay Religious Schools
The ruling lays the groundwork for a legal effort to undermine the principle of universal, secular, public education.