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Parents Have Faced Fines and Threats of Court for Their Kids’ Remote Tech Issues
Late homework, shut-off cameras and technological problems during remote learning have led to charges of truancy.
Betsy DeVos Is Reportedly Urging Career Education Staff to Obstruct Biden Agenda
The remarks come after the billionaire dismissed student loan forgiveness as “government gift-giving.”
Run-Down Schools in Low-Income Communities Face Long-Term Closures Amid COVID
The pandemic has drawn attention to the national crisis of deteriorating public schools.
DeVos Is on Her Way Out, But Public Education Is Still Very Much Under Attack
The threat to democratically governed schools that preceded DeVos will continue during the Biden presidency.
NYC Teachers Say Union Leadership Made Unsafe Reopening Plan With City Officials
Rank-and-file educators say the agreement between UFT and the city does nothing to address pandemic safety concerns.
Crowded Reopenings Are Endangering Students and Setting Up Schools to Fail
Long-term divestment in public education has brought U.S. schools to a dangerous crossroads.
If the Fed Can Bail Out Wall Street, It Can Rescue Public Education
Progressive economist Gerald Epstein discusses how the Federal Reserve can step in to save schools.
Trump and DeVos’s Plan to Reopen Schools Hides a Sinister Agenda
Turning schools into hotbeds of infection is in line with Betsy DeVos’s plan to undermine the public school system.
Schools Are Struggling to Avoid Worsening Inequity When They Reopen
One matter of dominant concern is how to re-engage with students who began working full-time after schools closed.
Betsy DeVos Compares Risk of Returning to School to Riding a Rocket Ship
DeVos reportedly told governors that the health risks of COVID should not deter them from reopening schools.