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 church’s school uses a curriculum that’s easy on racists and tough on LGBTQ equality.
By Oliver Willis - March 10, 2021President Joe Biden set two conditions that had to be met before schools could reopen safely.
By Josh Israel - March 08, 2021A new poll shows even 68% of Republicans are happy with Democrats’ approach.
By Josh Israel - March 05, 2021Sending students back to in-person learning immediately is ‘risky, irresponsible, and reckless,’ said the president of the Seattle teachers union.
By Donna Provencher - March 04, 2021‘We stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground that we have gained,’ said the head of the CDC.
By Associated Press - March 02, 2021Some 15 million US students lack either home internet access or an electronic device to use for schoolwork. A new federal program hopes to change that.
By Donna Provencher - March 01, 2021‘Exposing children to anything that falsely promotes the idea of white superiority and Black inferiority is dehumanizing,’ said a spokesperson from the SPLC.
By Associated Press - February 27, 2021Math is not the Republican Party’s strong suit.
By Josh Israel - February 25, 2021Policy that impacts Americans’ lives is being introduced out of the spotlight of the national media.
By Emily Singer - February 24, 2021Republicans remain outraged that teachers want to reopen schools safely during a pandemic.
By Josh Israel - February 24, 2021A mother in Georgia said her sons would return to school when ‘the vaccine is taken more seriously and teachers can get it.’
By Donna Provencher - February 23, 2021About 40% of families are not ready to send their children back to school and roughly the same number are either unwilling or unsure about vaccination.
By Associated Press - February 20, 2021‘The starting point is to equip HBCUs with the resources, knowledge, and information they need to invest in their historic assets.’
By Associated Press - February 19, 2021They are against reform when schools are open too.
By Josh Israel - February 18, 2021GOP officials say their goal is to make ‘a big deal’ out of the issue to win back suburban voters.
By Amy Lieu - February 17, 2021Congressional Republicans have used the pandemic as another pretext for attacking teachers unions.
By Josh Israel - February 17, 2021Republicans are upset that President Joe Biden is using federal guidelines in determining policy.
By Donna Provencher - February 15, 2021‘We’re going to invest in programs that prepare our workers for jobs of the future.’
By Associated Press - February 14, 2021A report commissioned by Gov. Ralph Northam says the state needs ‘to address the lingering and disparate effects of Virginia’s segregationist past.’
By Associated Press - February 13, 2021GOP lawmakers like New York Rep. Elise Stefanik have accused Democrats of ‘cozy[ing] up to Communist China’ by allowing the program to continue on school campuses.
By Donna Provencher - February 11, 2021Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter is not actually a doctor, but he did own a drug store once.
By Josh Israel - February 10, 2021Policy experts say the bill is ‘particularly draconian and cruel’ to transgender youth.
By Casey Quinlan - February 09, 2021‘In fact, it is not racist at all,’ Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson claimed.
By Amy Lieu - February 05, 2021Many of teachers unions are resisting in-person teaching in cities suffering enormous spikes in COVID cases.
By Donna Provencher - February 03, 2021‘Conspiracy theories do not belong in our schools.’
By Amy Lieu - February 02, 2021Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, and Ron Johnson have shown little interest in one measure that has been demonstrated to reduce the number of mass shootings: gun law reform.
By Donna Provencher - February 01, 2021Rep. Elise Stefanik was recently removed from Harvard University’s Institute of Politics advisory board.
By Donna Provencher - January 12, 2021Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos leaves behind a legacy of attacks on LGBTQ equality.
By Casey Quinlan - January 11, 2021The Community Services Block Grant program was intended to assist low-income communities. Trump wants those funds used for private learning instead.
By Josh Israel - December 29, 2020‘Well, there’s college coaches across the country making millions of dollars and that’s not controversial, making off the backs of college athletes that are unpaid,’ said a University of Iowa basketball player.
By Associated Press - December 18, 2020