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Rick McKee Aug 22, 2024 Dig deeper

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Christopher Weyant Sep 7, 2023 Dig deeper

‘This Is Not a Drill’: WHO Urges the World to Fight Virus

MATT SEDENSKY and JOHN LEICESTER / The Associated Press Mar 5, 2020 With 17 times as many new infections outside China as in it, Italy and Iran close schools; travel and events are canceled; and markets yo-yo. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

New Mexico Sues Google Over Collection of Children’s Data

SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN / The Associated Press Feb 20, 2020 State official says information being mined at schools includes locations, websites visited, videos watched, passwords and contact lists. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Puerto Rico, Military Schools to Lose Money for Trump’s Border Fencing

ANDREW TAYLOR and LOLITA C. BALDOR / The Associated Press Sep 5, 2019 The Pentagon says it will divert $3.6 billion from projects in the U.S. and overseas; outraged Democrats say they won't re-fund them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Florida Governor Signs Bill Allowing More Armed Teachers

BRENDAN FARRINGTON / The Associated Press May 8, 2019 The measure implements recommendations from a commission formed after the Parkland high school mass shooting in 2018. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

McCarthyite Censorship Is Seeping Into Our Schools

Marjorie Cohn / Truthout Dec 31, 2018 Bahia Amawi is suing the Texas school district that fired her after she refused to pledge she wouldn't participate in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

DeVos Weighs Federal Funding for Arming Teachers

Ilana Novick Aug 23, 2018 The Department of Education is exploring the idea of using a grant program to put guns in schools, a departure from decades of education policy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump to Rescind Obama-Era Guidance on Affirmative Action

ERIC TUCKER / The Associated Press Jul 3, 2018 The policy shift would give schools and universities the federal government's blessing to take a race-neutral approach to the students they consider for admission. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Striking Teachers Beat Back Neoliberal War on Public Schools

Henry Giroux / Truthout May 23, 2018 Thousands of educators are taking to the streets, inspired and energized by a dynamic willingness to fight for their own rights, as well as those of their students. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Parkland Students Give Moving Responses to Texas Shooting

Emily Wells / Truthdig May 18, 2018 "We cannot let this continue to be the norm,” said Parkland survivor Delaney Tarr. “We cannot." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Passage of Kansas School Funding Hike Highlights GOP Split

JOHN HANNA / The Associated Press Apr 8, 2018 After days of rancorous debate, legislators approve an increase in spending on the state's public schools in hopes of meeting a court mandate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )