Parents struggle to explain the occupation to their kids and teachers face empty classrooms as many students stay home.
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Trump’s ICE Invasion Is Upending Daily Life for Minneapolis Children Read Post »
On a frigid Thursday afternoon in late January, in a now-viral video, employees at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park were captured removing interpretive signs about slavery posted at the President’s House Site—where George Washington and John Adams both lived, and where Washington enslaved nine people. The outdoor exhibit, installed in 2010 after years of advocacy […]
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Drive Racists Out of Public Life Forever, and Other Lessons From Black History Read Post »
This story was co-published with The 74, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on education in America. It was January 2022, and Rhian Allvin was in search of a space that could bring her vision to life. The early childhood leader had just finished up her nearly decade-long tenure as CEO of the National Association for […]
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From Prison to a Preschool Read Post »
The Education Department spent an estimated $28 to $38 million on attempted staff cuts last year at its Office of Civil Rights, according to a report from the US Government Accountability Office released Monday. The department initiated a reduction in force last March, pushing nearly 50 percent of its more than 4,000-strong workforce onto administrative […]
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Report: Education Department’s “Efficiency” Layoffs Cost At Least $28 Million Read Post »
The push to reshape education has gained considerable momentum under the second Trump administration.
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So-Called “Intellectual Freedom Centers” Spread Right-Wing Ideologies on Campus Read Post »
This article was co-published with EdSurge, a nonprofit newsroom that covers education through original journalism and research. Sign up for their newsletters. A little girl stared at a list of test questions in her science class, unable to answer the majority. Resigned, she wrote at the top, “I failed badly”—although she misspelled it, instead writing, “I felled bedly.” […]
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America’s Reading Crisis That No One Wants to Talk About Read Post »
Organizers share where they find hope in the struggle for disability justice as we go into the second year of Trump 2.0.
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Disability Justice Organizers Are Creating the Liberatory Future We All Deserve Read Post »
The GOP-led North Carolina legislature has siphoned off some of the powers that traditionally belonged to the governor.
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NC GOP Power Transfers Reshape Utilities, Environmental Regulation, and More Read Post »
Trumpism has been aided by divestment that hollowed higher ed out from the core, AAUP President Todd Wolfson says.
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Trump’s Attempts to Control Higher Education Follow a Familiar Fascist Playbook Read Post »
From ICE jails to public libraries to Instagram, queer and trans people battled fascism on every front this year.
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Queer and Trans People Were Under Attack in 2025. Here’s How We Fought Back. Read Post »
The right wants the teaching of history to no longer indict power or inspire resistance. But our side won’t submit.
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In 2025, Educators Didn’t Just Endure Repression. They Built Resistance. Read Post »
Records filed in court cases show that most complaints filed by families have been dismissed without investigation.
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Racial Harassment of Students Ignored by Trump’s Department of Education Read Post »
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