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- The Hill
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Fox News anchor John Roberts said he and his colleagues are growing weary of covering a growing number of school shootings in America. “But the woman said it quite succinctly, aren’t you tired of this? Yes, we are tired of this. We’re very tired of reporting on school shootings week in and week out,” Roberts said during the network’s…
- Tallahassee Democrat
Florida students silently raise fists at Board of Governors meeting to protest DEI attack
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- LA Times
UC proposes first-time systemwide admission guarantee to all qualified transfer students
The University of California has unveiled a first-ever systemwide admission guarantee for all qualified transfer students but access to specific campuses is not assured.
- Kansas City Star
KC area teacher punished and denied job for using gender-neutral pronouns: Lawsuit
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- Raleigh News and Observer
Wake elementary school teacher suspended after allegedly insulting students in note
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- Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel
Black parents say implicit bias bill will carry a cost for all Knoxville students
Studies show implicit bias causes racial disparities in student achievement, learning opportunities and discipline that especially harm Black kids.
- The 74
Denver’s Reforms Led to Huge Academic Growth, Study Finds. But Will They Last?
Across the roughly 20-year heyday of education reform in the United States, few school systems experimented with the persistence and ambition of Denver Public Schools. Under the leadership of two hard-driving superintendents between 2005 and 2018, the district dramatically expanded educational options, granted more flexibility to school leaders and increased the stakes for poor academic […]
- Fox News
Virginia school district considers banning students from wearing pajamas, clothes that 'expose underwear'
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- The Root
Shameful: ‘Ruby Bridges’ Film Banned From School Because White Parents Feeling Some Kind of Way
Even though the Disney film “Ruby Bridges” has been shown during Black History Month in Florida’s Pinellas County for years, it was recently pulled because a parent was worried that it would teach white children about the racism that Black children faced.
- NextShark
Selective colleges lose diversity with affirmative action ban, study finds
A ban on race-conscious admissions practices in selective colleges would threaten the racial and ethnic diversity of their student bodies, according to a new analysis from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW). The new report comes ahead of the Supreme Court’s high-stakes decision on discrimination cases brought against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, whose affirmative action policies are accused of hurting Asian and Asian American applicants. CEW researchers analyzed six different admissions models and their possible impact on racial and socioeconomic diversity across selective colleges.
- The 74
Opinion: My Humbling Education in What Families Really Want from their Kids’ Schools
People who make education policy and determine where to allocate funding claim they know what families want from public schools. This past admissions season in New York City, I had the privilege of working with several community organizations to help parents of students in grades pre-K through high school apply to traditional public, public charter, […]
- The Hill
AI could affect up to 80 percent of US workforce: research
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- Sacramento Bee
Stanford students violated free speech by shouting down a conservative speaker | Opinion
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- INSIDER
Elizabeth Warren wants Biden's Education Department to go beyond broad student-loan forgiveness and crack down on the institutions that cause borrowers' debt loads to spiral
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- Savannah Morning News
Two-thirds of elementary students cannot read at grade level. The district plans to fix it
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- USA TODAY
Educational model wanted students 'to be nice.' That's controversial in Florida now under DeSantis.
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Navajo Technical University Launches First Tribal College Ph.D Program
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- Reuters
U.S. colleges face loss of racial diversity if race-conscious admissions banned -study
(Reuters) -If the U.S. Supreme Court bans the consideration of race in college admissions, enrollment of minority groups at selective colleges will likely stall or decline - even if the schools give more weight to factors such as class, a new study found. The conservative-leaning court will issue rulings this spring in cases questioning the legality of race-conscious admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. Students for Fair Admissions, the group suing Harvard and UNC, argues that class-conscious admissions would allow schools to create a diverse student body and boost disadvantaged students without focusing on race.
- Kansas City Star
‘Political pressure.’ Missouri students, faculty question removal of diversity statements
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