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Companies Are Profiting Massively From COVID Air Cleaners. But Do They Work?
Electronic air cleaners have been heavily marketed but face nearly nonexistent government oversight.
Our School Board Is Under Attack for Putting Anti-Racist Education Into Action
My school is developing an anti-racist curriculum and polices that can be replicated at schools across the nation.
Sanders, Omar Introduce Bill to Permanently Provide Kids With Free School Meals
The bill would provide kids with free breakfast, lunch, dinner and a snack regardless of their family’s income.
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.
More Than Two-Thirds of Students Want Police Out of Schools
A new survey finds that 41 percent of students feel “unsafe” when they see police at school.
10 Largest US Cities Will Spend More on Police Than Public Health This Year
The combined policing budgets of these cities is 3.6 times greater than their public health department budgets.
Teachers Are Being Pushed Back Inside Despite Slow Vaccine Rollout
The pressure to reopen school buildings before all educators are vaccinated became bipartisan after Biden took office.
Teachers Are Fighting Back Against Bipartisan Push to Reopen Schools
Teachers, students and community members should discuss and decide for themselves when it’s safe to reopen.
Betsy DeVos’s Agenda to Privatize Public Schools Is Continuing Without Her
Legislative proposals to privatize public schools are becoming even less transparent.
If Biden Is Serious About Healing the Country, He Must Change Education Policy
It’s time to address the many mental health crises brought on marginalized students by the U.S. education system.