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Education
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After Uvalde school shooting, Texas attorney general suggests arming teachers. Educators disagree.
A long-running proposal has little appeal to many teachers, who are already exhausted from a year of COVID-19, overwork and curriculum battles.
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Five women on life with student loan debt — and how forgiveness from Biden could help
Women need a graduate degree just to earn the same as men, but they end up with student loan debt that can take a lifetime to repay.
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Some teachers feel silenced on racist mass shooting in Buffalo
In some states, new laws limit how educators can discuss race, ‘divisive concepts’ or current events. Experts worry about the effects of ignoring real-world events.
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In Massachusetts, lawmakers push to make medication abortion available on college campuses
The legislation’s sponsors cite the high proportion of abortion patients who are college aged, and how students would need to travel hours to a clinic if they don’t have a car.
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In Texas prisons, men have access to significantly more higher education programs than women
Earning a degree drastically reduces recidivism for incarcerated people, but the gender disparity in offerings makes the process even harder for many.
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Want to improve student achievement? Hire a Black principal.
Studies link Black principals, especially women, to better academic performance. New initiatives aim to train and support them.
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Parental rights bills have been introduced in most states. Teachers are pushing back.
Educators say legislation about what they teach and how mislead families and undermine public education. They’ve notched victories in multiple states, including red ones.
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Republicans see schools as 2022 political battleground
From exhausted ‘COVID moms’ to furor over critical race theory, the GOP sees schools as a way to both energize their base and pick up frustrated swing voters.
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Adjunct professors, the ‘backbone’ of higher education, push for better wages and benefits
Part-time professors, more likely to be women and people of color, are a permanent underclass in academia, they said.
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There’s a push to get more electric school buses on the streets — moms are driving it
They just got a boost from Vice President Kamala Harris, after she announced the EPA would distribute $17 million to convert diesel school buses to electric and low emission buses.