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A Small School District Blew Experts Away With Reading Scores—Until Ohio Passed a New Law

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In Steubenville, Ohio, many students are considered to be economically disadvantaged. But unlike some similar towns and cities across the United States, standardized testing doesn’t strike fear among members of the school board, principals, and superintendent. That’s because for the past two decades, 93 percent or more of students in Steubenville’s public schools have scored […]

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The Supreme Court Is Trying to Normalize Its Own Anti-LGBTQ Animus

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On Tuesday, a group of religious parents had their day at the Supreme Court, hoping the justices would grant them something extraordinary: the ability to pull their kids out of a classroom whenever instruction verges into territory that contradicts their religious beliefs. Based on the justices’ responses in oral arguments, those parents are very likely […]

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The Parental Rights Movement Has a Big Day at the Supreme Court

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Montgomery County, Maryland, is the most religiously diverse county in the United States. When its Board of Education approved a slate of storybooks with queer characters for K-5 English classes beginning in the 2022-23 school year, its main goal was to give kids tools to “work effectively in cross-cultural environments” and “confront and eliminate stereotypes.”  […]

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Conservative Justices May Upend School District’s LGBTQ-Inclusive Lessons

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The upcoming ruling could create precedent allowing for opt-out standards to be implemented in a wide range of studies.

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Noem to Ban Harvard International Students if Trump’s Demands Not Met

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On April 11, the Trump administration sent Harvard University a sweeping set of demands—among them that the university report international students to the federal government for violation of student conduct policies—ostensibly to curb antisemitism on campus. Three days later, Harvard president Alan Garber announced that the school would “continue to follow the law”; Harvard, he […]

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To Combat Trump’s Attacks on Public Education, We Need Democracy in Our Unions

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Education workers are mobilizing for a day of action on May 1. Building toward a national walkout should come next.

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Trump’s Education by Indoctrination Must Be Fought With Social Justice Unionism

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Trump is advancing fascism not just through violence, but through control over knowledge.

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Why Elite Colleges Aren’t Pushing Back on Trump, and Why Silence Is Dangerous

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America is witnessing an unprecedented series of attacks on higher education that commenced well before Donald Trump was re-elected, amid the contentious protests that followed Hamas’ attacks on Israel and Israel’s ruthless (and ongoing) retaliation on Gaza and its inhabitants. But Trump, as president, has taken matters much further. Claiming antisemitism, his administration is revoking […]

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In Op-Ed From ICE Jail, Mahmoud Khalil Blasts Columbia’s Complicity Under Trump

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He urges readers to “reclaim the university and join the student movement to carry forward the work of the past year.”

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