Schools across Oklahoma City join to show parents their education options
Schools across Oklahoma City join to show parents their education options
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The HillDeSantis wants a ‘core curriculum.’ That idea is college kryptonite.
Ron DeSantis, Florida’s governor and a potential Republican presidential prospect, says he wants to mandate a “core curriculum” in public universities as a way to ensure young Floridians are grounded in Western civilization. To the nation’s higher education leaders, that idea is political kryptonite. Proponents of the core curriculum say every student should emerge from…
- INSIDER
Aramark apologizes for 'unintentional insensitivity' after serving students chicken and watermelon on the first day of Black History Month
School administrators apologized in a letter to parents, but ultimately blamed food vendor Aramark for the contested school lunch.
- BuzzFeed
"Abbott Elementary" Is Comedic Genius, But Here Are 20 Times It Pointed Out The Realities Of Public School Systems
Abbott Elementary may be an emerging cult classic, but its comedy is laced with public school realness we just cannot ignore.
- The Abilene Reporter-News
DeSantis wants to give Florida college students an anti-woke option. What's the big deal?
Some assume Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ goal is to create a bunch of conservative clones. But that’s the opposite of what a liberal arts education does
- Raleigh News and Observer
There’s a shortage behind the NC teacher shortage, and it’s a crisis for our schools | Opinion
Some NC school districts scramble to find substitutes as teacher vacancies grow. The churn in who leads a class can set back learning.
- INSIDER
Betsy DeVos and former GOP lawmakers who helped construct versions of the legislation Biden is using to cancel student debt just told the Supreme Court his plan 'obviously violates' the law
Trump's Education Sec. Betsy DeVos, former House Speaker John Boehner and other GOP officials argued why they think student-debt relief is illegal.
- Blavity
Georgia Student Faces Criminal Charges In Viral Attack That Left Teacher With A Broken Leg
A ninth-grade high school student is facing criminal charges after an altercation with a teacher left her with a broken leg in Rockdale, Georgia.
- The Florida Times-Union
Letters: DeSantis has opened dangerous can of worms with educational interference
Florida's decisions on private school vouchers and an AP studies course dominated this week's letters, as well as reactions to a local rezoning issue.
- The New York Times
For Single Mothers, Quitting Can Bring Extra Challenges, but Also Balance
In 2022, Lizzie Saltsman, 43, quit her job, and took her children on a summer trip across Europe. She rented a car and for two months she and her four children, all younger than 13, drove across the continent, beginning in Paris, with stops in places such as Switzerland, Austria and Italy. Although she had enjoyed her work as a manager of business technologies at a consumer products company, the death of her husband in 2019 had prompted Saltsman to re-evaluate how she spent her days. Sign up for
- The 74
Michigan May Reverse Law Requiring 3rd-Graders Behind in Reading to Repeat Grade
Michigan education advocates and leaders urged the Senate Education Committee Tuesday to pass a bill to remove the controversial retention component from the state’s Read by Grade 3 law. Senate Bill 12, sponsored by Senate Education Committee Chair Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia), aims to reform Michigan’s third-grade reading law by removing a mandate that requires […]
- Fresno Bee
Clovis parents urge schools to transport medically fragile students to therapy in Fresno
Clovis Unified officials say the request is more complicated than it might sound.
- Los Angeles Times Opinion
Letters to the Editor: College is for learning, not figuring out how to make money
The financial reward of a college education may be diminished, but the value of expanding your worldview is priceless.
- Herald-Tribune
Sunday's letters: Fight takeover at New College, for students' sake
Takeover of New College by Gov. Ron DeSantis' conservative board members comes with callous disregard for students, faculty, alumni and the community.
- Daytona Beach News-Journal
B-CU students, alumni air grievances at YouTube town hall hosted by Roland Martin
Television host Roland Martin came to Daytona Beach to talk about Bethune-Cookman University with its students and the public in a town hall.
- Fox News
California reverses COVID vaccine requirement for students as it ends Newsom emergency declaration
California officials said Friday that its children will not be required to receive the COVID-190 vaccine to attend schools. The state's emergency declaration ends this month.
- The Metrowest Daily News
Letters to the editor for Sunday, Feb. 5
MetroWest and Milford Daily News letters to the editor
- The 74
DeSantis Eyes $200 Million Raise for Florida Teachers; Educators Say Not Enough
Gov. Ron DeSantis has touted a plan to earmark $1 billion towards raising public school teacher pay, calling it a “big win” for Florida’s teachers. But a statewide teacher union was skeptical about the amount of the pay hike — $200-million across school districts — which may not help the lives of struggling teachers. The […]
- The Hill
Changes to expect in your child’s school lunches under new USDA nutrition standards
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday proposed major changes to school lunches in an attempt to make the meals healthier, with particular emphasis on reducing sugar and salt. The plan, which is set for a 60-day public comment period starting Tuesday, is a multiyear effort that was developed with input from school nutrition…
- AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Arizona Gov. Hobbs launching task force on educator retention, accepting applications
Gov. Katie Hobbs announced this week her office will start a task force on educator retention and is taking applications from members of the public.
- NBC News
School food vendor apologizes — again — for 'inexcusable' Black History Month menu
A vendor that provides food service to schools apologized for the "unintentional insensitivity" of its Black History Month menu, echoing similar apologies it has made for more than a decade amid backlash over racially insensitive menus.