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Video of the attack shows the student getting in her teacher's face before putting her hands on her.
- NextShark
Vanderbilt professor says math education is too 'white, cisheteropatriarchal'
A Tennessee university professor recently made the case that undergraduate mathematics education is discriminatory against queer and transgender students of color. Luis Leyva, assistant professor of mathematics education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, described it as a "white, cisheteropatriarchal space" during a lecture at the Joint Mathematics Meetings 2023, the "largest mathematics gathering in the world," in Boston on Jan. 4. The lecture, delivered by Leyva in two parts, was titled "Undergraduate Mathematics Education as a White, Cisheteropatriarchal Space and Opportunities for Structural Disruption to Advance Queer of Color Justice."
- NextShark
Harvard students stage walkout in front of professor accused of sexual harassment
Over 100 students marched out of a Harvard classroom on Tuesday to protest the first lecture of professor John L. Comaroff this year. Comaroff, who teaches African and African American Studies at Harvard University, was found to have violated the school’s sexual harassment and professional conduct policies after two internal investigations last year. In February 2022, three anthropology graduate students — Margaret G. Czerwienski, Lilia M. Kilburn and Amulya Mandava — sued the school for allegedly ignoring complaints filed by victims against Comaroff over the years.
- Herald-Tribune
Friday's letters: Not all parents in thrall to DeSantis, no religion in education
They don't support governor's culture war, book banning, efforts to marginalize LGBTQ students, attacks on the press or move to overhaul New College.
- The Root
College Board Says That DeSantis' Outburst Didn't Change AP African American Studies
We were all giving the College Board some major side-eye after they announced they were making changes to their African American Studies Advanced Placement course. The timing was just a little too close to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ “anti-woke” tirade against the course, where he denounced the program for mentioning (*gasp*) the existence of queer Black history.
- INSIDER
I'm a Florida teacher who's been forced to cover up the books in my classroom. Here's why I'm suing Ron DeSantis.
A high school social studies teacher spoke with Insider about being an educator as Florida rolls out a new law requiring all books to be vetted.
- ABC News
Everytown launches campaign demanding colleges, universities divest from gun industry
Students Demand Action, a grassroots network of Everytown for Gun Safety, is launching a campaign calling on colleges and universities across the country to divest from the gun industry. Students at nearly 30 colleges and universities around the country have joined the campaign, called #KillerBusiness, and are asking their colleges and universities to cut economic ties with the gun industry until these companies take accountability for their actions. Students will be organizing on their campuses to put pressure on their institutions to reveal their investments and stop funding the gun industry, according to Everytown.
- Business Insider
ChatGPT is on its way to becoming a virtual doctor, lawyer, and business analyst. Here's a list of advanced exams the AI bot has passed so far.
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- Akron Beacon Journal
'All of us are frustrated': What people are saying about violence in Akron schools
Across the board, the community says less talk and more action is needed to address violence in Akron Public Schools.
- AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
You can hate Arizona Sen. John Kavanagh, but he's right about schools and pronouns
It's wrong for schools not to tell parents that they are calling students by a different pronoun. And no, this isn't just a theoretical issue.
- The 74
Kentucky Students Recommend Ways to Prevent, Respond to School Shootings
FRANKFORT — After a gunman killed 21 people and wounded 17 others at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last spring, high school students on a Kentucky advisory committee “realized we needed to use our voices to change,” said Malley Taylor, a junior at the Craft Academy in Morehead. On Tuesday, the students presented their […]
- Florida Today
'You want to ban the books? I’m giving them away.' Activists protest Florida book-ban law
Foundation 451, which co-sponsored the demonstration attended by about 50 protesters, used a guerrilla-theater approach to make its point.
- Sacramento Bee
California has some of the most affordable universities in the country. Find out where
Fees and tuition in the California State University system have been flat for most of the last decade.
- WFTV
NAACP responds to DeSantis banning AP African American Studies course
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said they would work with black legislators to intervene after Gov. Ron DeSantis banned a specific course.
- Erie Times News
Penncrest solicitor resigns from school district as schools pull books from shelves
Two Penncrest school board member called their solicitor's legal opinion "worthless" earlier this month. Now he's resigned.
- The Oklahoman
Ryan Walters' $150 million teacher incentive pay plan advances to Legislature
The new state superintendent also moved forward a request for $100 million to boost early childhood literacy.
- Miami Herald
Is Florida trying to destroy public schools in the name of parental choice? Sure looks like it | Opinion
“As usual, the devil is in the details. Republicans have given zero information on how much this will cost taxpayers,” Herald Editorial Board writes | Opinion
- The Hill
Trump calls for principals to be elected by students’ parents
Former President Trump called for school principals to be elected by students’ parents in a new campaign video released on Thursday. “More than anyone else, parents know what their children need,” Trump said. “If any principal is not getting the job done, the parents should be able to vote to fire them and select someone…
- LA Times
Firing of an O.C. school superintendent sets the stage for a conservative agenda
The new conservative majority on the Orange Unified school board has not stated a reason for the move, which was opposed by many parents and teachers.
- Associated Press
Student groups show support for Minnesota college president
Representatives of several student groups at a Minnesota college that dismissed an adjunct art instructor for showing an image of the Prophet Muhammad to her class say they do not want the school's embattled president to resign. In a letter published Wednesday in The Oracle, the student news site at Hamline University in St. Paul, the students said they strongly support President Fayneese Miller. On Tuesday, Hamline's faculty leaders called overwhelmingly for Miller to resign, saying Miller's dismissal of the instructor violated violated academic freedom and harmed the university’s reputation.