Alaska House committee advances, expands proposal to bar trans girls from girls sports
Amended bill would add elementary, middle school and collegiate sports to limits in place for high school
By Claire Stremple, Alaska Beacon - April 16, 2024Education
The Senate minority leader previously called it an ‘exotic notion’ to consider the year slavery began in America as a key historical moment.
By Oliver Willis - June 02, 2021Glenn Youngkin says he standing by Tanner Cross, an educator who claims supporting trans youth is ‘abuse’ and ‘sinning against our God.’
By Oliver Willis - June 01, 2021Native American tribes, students, and faculty are pushing colleges to do more for Indigenous communities.
By Associated Press - May 30, 2021Only 15% of LGBTQ students in Nevada have access to an inclusive curriculum.
By Casey Quinlan - May 27, 2021The lawsuit seeks a comprehensive but easier system for students to report sexual misconduct and get help.
By Associated Press - May 23, 2021Republican attorneys general charge that efforts to add diversity to education are ‘deeply flawed and controversial.’
By Oliver Willis - May 20, 2021‘Universities will do as little as they can get away with,’ said Trinity College professor Davarian Baldwin.
By Associated Press - May 16, 2021Millions of Americans do not have access to and cannot not afford broadband as the pandemic has forced jobs, schools, and health care online.
By Associated Press - May 12, 2021Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) once referred to slavery as ‘the necessary evil upon which the union was built.’
By Oliver Willis - May 11, 2021Juliana Urtubey is the first Nevada teacher to be named National Teacher of the Year.
By Associated Press - May 09, 2021But many families are still opting to keep students at home for remote learning.
By Associated Press - May 06, 2021Officials are hoping that extending vaccinations to children will allow schools to reopen with minimal disruption this fall.
By Associated Press - May 06, 2021But some of the same states that are expanding rights are at the same time trying to restrict them.
By Casey Quinlan - May 04, 2021Republican lawmakers tweeted in honor of National Teacher Appreciation Day.
By Josh Israel - May 04, 2021‘Now that they’re home, we feel safer,’ one parent said.
By Associated Press - May 04, 2021Republican attacks on President Joe Biden’s latest popular plan don’t have much ground to stand on.
By Josh Israel - May 04, 2021Republican lawmakers have been lying about President Joe Biden breaking promises for two months.
By Josh Israel - May 03, 2021‘Can you imagine if each city had been led by Ron DeSantis? How many lives would have been lost?’ said the mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, about the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Associated Press - May 03, 2021The president will lay out his $1.8 trillion proposal, which includes universal preschool, two years of free community college, and monthly $250 payments for parents.
By Associated Press - April 28, 2021Montana, Tennessee, and Arkansas want to keep gender identity and sexual orientation out of school curricula.
By Casey Quinlan - April 27, 2021Asian American families are wrestling with whether to send their children back out into the world at a time when anti-Asian hostility and violence is on the rise.
By Associated Press - April 24, 2021College of the Ozarks alleges its rights to freedom of speech and religion are under attack.
By Casey Quinlan - April 22, 2021Top executives and corporate leaders gathered to discuss their response to restrictive voting laws.
By Associated Press - April 12, 2021Experts in higher education say a bill Florida Republicans claim will protect free speech will achieve exactly the opposite effect.
By Donna Provencher - April 09, 2021As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden said Betsy DeVos’ rules guaranteed that ‘college campuses will be less safe for our nation’s young people.’
By Associated Press - April 06, 2021Rep. Kevin McCarthy voted against the COVID relief plan, which provides funding to make it possible for schools to safely return to in-person instruction.
By Josh Israel - March 25, 2021Joe Biden’s plan to give all parents free child care may be met with resistance, but experts say it’s necessary to help families in the long run.
By Donna Provencher - March 24, 2021The decision could lead to $1 billion in loans being canceled for 72,000 borrowers.
By Associated Press - March 21, 2021College voters are a key Democratic constituency in the Granite State.
By Emily Singer - March 18, 2021The White House said, ‘President Biden is committed to taking a whole-of-government approach to advancing LGBTQ+ equality.’
By Casey Quinlan - March 12, 2021