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Fully funding special education will help all students
The best thing the Legislature can do with a portion of its $9 billion surplus is to fully fund special education for all schools.
The annual report from the Minnesota Department of Education shows that school districts in 2020 spent $673…
Here’s what the major parties need to do about higher education this election
In the lead-up to the federal election, neither of the major parties has given higher education much thought or attention.
While the Coalition focuses on the military and Labor on aged care, universities continue to sweat it out after a…
DeSantis’s Education Department Bans 54 Math Books Over Supposed CRT Content
The Florida Department of Education announced last week that it was rejecting the use of dozens of mathematics textbooks in K-12 public schools throughout the state, ostensibly because they contained content that discussed critical race…
Education Needs a Reset. We Can Start by Listening to Our Teachers.
Depending on how you look at it, Ed Secretary Miguel Cardona’s assertion that “we’re closer to a reset in education than ever before” is either a beacon of hope at the end of a long, dark tunnel, or the opening of a new front in an…
Mark Ruffalo says the Parental Rights in Education law is ‘cruel and traumatizing for…
The last time we heard an actor weigh in on Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill, “Star Trek: Discovery” actor Wilson Cruz tweeted that Florida had learned nothing about how to prevent another Pulse Nightclub massacre, which by the…
Riverview IU6 Recognizes Policy Leader in Stem Education :: exploreClarion.com
CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – Kelsi Wilcox Boyles, Education Program Specialist of Riverview Intermediate Unit, has been accepted as one of 19 ambassadors in the Pennsylvania STEM Ambassador Program.This program aims to shape the future of STEM…
It’s Time to Double Pell Because All Students Deserve a Transformative Education
As a first-generation college student and immigrant, I didn’t always feel that I belonged in higher education. But I had faculty and mentor support that empowered me to become the best version of myself in a new and different environment.…
HipHopEd highlights the intersections between the arts and STEM for education stakeholders
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Membermsayles@afro.com
As a young boy, New York native Christopher Emdin was always interested in how the universe works. He was an inquisitive child, and his mother would…
Dallas Businessman Dedicates Decades, Millions to Education – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Roland Parrish has given millions to help further the education of young people. Especially those in under-represented communities.
He’s the first African American to have a facility named in his honor at Purdue University after his $2…
NYC schools Chancellor David Banks outlines fixes for ‘broken’ education department
Chancellor David Banks takes questions from the press after giving a speech at Tweed Courthouse, the education department’s downtown Manhattan headquarters, laying out his vision for New York City Schools. | Christina Veiga…