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Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US 14 Diamond_Dog Aug 2023 Aug 2023 8 4138
'Parenting with Pride' aims to take on conservative Moms for Liberty in Florida schools 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 1889
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders under fire for pulling AP African-American studies 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1484
My daughter's b-day is tomorrow; today she got her 16 Backseat Driver Aug 2023 Aug 2023 93 5472
Project Implicit, test your implicit bias 0 littlemissmartypants Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1631
Florida education commissioner skips forum on criticized Black history standards 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1706
Across the Desk - S8:E3 (The Continued Assault on Public Education) 0 Across-the-Desk Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1700
Florida school board reverses decision nixing access to children's book about a male penguin couple 2 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 2169
Moms for Liberty says no to mental health care in schools, but it's Florida law 3 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 2876
Richland voters ousting 3 school officials who voted to defy WA mask mandate 1 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1887
Crowd Gives Library Board the Finger After Library Director Is Fired 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 20 2054
Oklahoma parents, faith leaders and education group sue to stop US's first public religious school 4 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 2420
Federal court deals blow to conservative group in LGBTQ-related Olentangy, OH schools case 0 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1735
At New College of Florida, a 'ridiculously high' number of faculty are gone 9 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 12 2874
California schools chief Tony Thurmond booted from school board meeting on transgender rule 0 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 2188
Texas A&M University president resigns after Black journalist's hiring at campus unravels 5 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 10 2769
The Bible will stay in Florida's Palm Beach County schools, board decides 3 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1692
Lakota,OH school board member Darbi Boddy doubles down on antisemitic phrase after rabbi reaches out 2 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 2097
Top Oklahoma School Official Says Teachers Can Talk About Race Massacre -- If They're Careful About T 4 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 3234
After Legal Threats, Uvalde School District Lifts Ban on Parent Who Criticized Police Hire 1 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1651
Moms for Liberty, Part of A Long History of RW Mothers' Activism - Woke, Cold War, Desegregation 5 appalachiablue Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2721
Classroom discipline in 1947 2 Bucky Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1963
If you like FL Atlantic U, then you BETTER start protesting DeSantis! 2 OrlandoDem2 Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 2413
There's a pattern in far-right school takeovers. Corruption follows the ideology 3 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 12 2726
California Community Schools 4 SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1824
Minnesota's new graduation requirements: Learn how to manage money and participate in democracy 4 question everything Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 2454
Republicans vote to cut University of Wisconsin System's budget by $32M in diversity programs spat 2 Eugene Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 2523
Florida official who criticized DeSantis reaches settlement with education department 1 Eugene Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1320
Ron DeSantis is trying to cut LGBTQ subjects from AP courses. The College Board says no. 0 Eugene Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 2542
The Will Rogers Experiment (podcast)- E8 0 Across-the-Desk Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1442

Education Continued...

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Educators Are Nation Builders: Sanders Bill Would Ensure Min $60K Salary for Public School Teachers 1 appalachiablue Mar 2023 May 2023 3 3665
Hundreds gather at Florida school board meeting over Disney movie controversy 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 7 2530
TX: Bill allowing chaplains in schools raises some concerns 6 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 4 2256
FL: Petition to remove Hernando Co. school board member for Disney movie complaint hits 18K names 4 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 10 3427
South Dakota governor asks college board to ban drag shows, opens hotline 5 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 1 2551
DeSantis appears to back woman who led Amanda Gorman poem school ban 3 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 2 2353
We don't want reading to interfere with target practice! 0 Wonder Why May 2023 May 2023 3 2017
'Trump was great at this': How conservatives transformed a Colorado school district 4 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 4 3000
Florida Republicans pass bills on pronoun usage at schools, ban on diversity programs 1 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 0 3285
'Waste of time': Community college transfers derail students 8 Jilly_in_VA May 2023 May 2023 16 4293
Oklahoma's top education official embraces culture wars 6 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 5 2355
The Road to May 3: How a Growing Coalition of Feminists and Activists Are Fighting the Right's Anti 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 2985
"Conservative activist faces Maine school boards in free-speech court cases" 4 GPV Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 3608
Changes planned for College Board's Black history class 0 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 1453
Conceding missteps, College Board pledges to revise Black studies course 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 3119
The struggle to read: One third grader's winding journey 0 Jilly_in_VA Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 1549
Harvard to rename school after top Republican donor Ken Griffin following $300m gift 1 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 3669
Across the Desk - S7:E13 (OK Sec. of State Ryan Walters and the Autocratic Theocracy) 0 Across-the-Desk Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 3325
"Here is a must-read post from children's author Maggie Tokuda-Hall ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 5 3017
After strike, LA school district workers approve labor deal 0 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1491
How Feminists and Academics Are Fighting the Right's 'Anti-Woke' Agenda 1 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 2502
@ my daughters' elementary school (today's curriculum. Daughters now have 3rd grade boys.) 4 elleng Mar 2023 Mar 2023 33 3597
Parents' Rights': GOP Wages Education Culture War Ahead of 2024 - 'Peddling Hysteria & Fear' - Ed 1 appalachiablue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 0 3535
FL 'Universal Choice' School Vouchers for All Students, Est $4B Public School Drain, Parents Rts -Ed 3 appalachiablue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 2674
The Internet Archive Is a Library 2 douglas9 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 13 2017
The money grab thinking behind charter schools 3 Timeflyer Mar 2023 Mar 2023 7 3177
Dear Mike Mulgrew: Will I Die, Become Physically Disabled, or Go Insane? 1 SoBronxSchool Mar 2023 Mar 2023 5 3676
I am asking you to be my sounding board 23 melm00se Jan 2021 Mar 2023 12 9207
'Slavery was wrong' and 5 other things some educators won't teach anymore 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 2994
'We Can't Afford Rent': US Teachers Grapple with A Growing Housing Crisis 6 appalachiablue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 9 4046

Education Continued...

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S7:E5 (Sen. Shane Jett's Glass Jaw & The Attack on Public Ed.) 0 Across-the-Desk Feb 2023 Feb 2023 0 1811
Public Ed in Florida under attack from HB 1. Ultimate goal--ed. privatization. 0 Timeflyer Feb 2023 Feb 2023 5 3248
Temple University Cuts Tuition and Health Benefits for Striking Graduate Students 0 appalachiablue Feb 2023 Feb 2023 5 1741
If one Florida public school library book is "challenged" it can cost thousand$. 1 Timeflyer Feb 2023 Feb 2023 5 2612
Across the Desk - S7:E4 (Dem. Files Bill To Ban Church Camps As Cesspools of Child Sex Exploitation) 1 Across-the-Desk Feb 2023 Feb 2023 1 3302
Hamline U update: faculty votes overwhelmingly no confidence in president ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 2717
Are You There, M.B.A.? It's Me, Industry 1 question everything Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 2439
Fallout from shooting by first-grader includes staff shakeup 4 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 12 3392
Schools chief fired after boy, 6, shoots teacher in Virginia 6 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 3184
Across the Desk - S7:E2 (Special Guest Rep. Jacob Rosecrants) 0 Across-the-Desk Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 2981
S.C. committee advances limits to classroom teaching on race 1 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 2436
#LetHerLearn--And Progress will Follow 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 1784
Stanford, Columbia Medical Schools Withdraw From U.S. News Ranking, Expanding Exodus 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 3339
Will a small, quirky Florida college become 'DeSantis U'? 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 2269
School downplayed warnings about 6-year-old before teacher's shooting, staffers say 2 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 12 3272
Oregon school board drops ban on gay pride, BLM and other symbols 0 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 2737
Training new recruits to take over school boards (Steve Bannon's loving this-"the Proud Boys on 0 Timeflyer Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 2967
Hamline University under fire for art professor's dismissal 4 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 Jan 2023 16 2695
Kentucky parents concerned after teen who compiled 'kill list' was allowed to return to school 2 nightwing1240 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 12 3102
Speech groups criticize Florida school for scrapping play "Indecent" 0 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 2350
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