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As Hundreds of Civil Rights Cases Are Dismissed by Education Department, National Groups Take on DeVos
The department's new complaint guidelines are undermining its own obligation to investigate civil rights violations.
Republicans Come Out Swinging Against Military Family Education
GOP lawmakers feel fine about asking citizens to die for the country, but not fine about providing a proper education for their children.
Congress Made It Harder to Give Teachers Raises
The Trump-Republican tax plan will make it harder to retain good teachers in the classroom.
New York Politicians Seek to Make Highway Repairs Contingent on Placing Cops in Schools
New York City politicians are attempting to get armed cops put in every school by ramming it through a highway repair bill.
Texas Charter School Asked Students to List “Positive Aspects” of Slavery
The assignment is part of a larger problem in the United States.
Students as Teachers: Facing the World Adults Are Wrecking
Adolescents (and sometimes even children) have regularly been on the front lines of the fight for social change.
Class Dismissed: Class Conflict in Red-State America
Teachers in red-state America are hard at work teaching us all a lesson.
As Fascists Infiltrate Colleges, Students Want Cops and Racists Out
Students of color often feel threatened by campus cops.
Corporal Punishment Lives On: Students Nationwide Are Being Paddled, Restrained
Corporal punishment reinforces the cycle of violence.
Betsy DeVos Wants to Roll Back Critical Guidance on School Discipline
Critics argue this will feed the school-to-prison pipeline.