Tag: education
Federal judge rules against Education Department in student borrower protection cases
"This is such an important win for student borrowers and anyone who cares about a government that operates under the rule of law."
Back to school and straight to the picket line
The empowering effect of this strike is being felt by first-year and veteran teachers alike.
In a historic move, Los Angeles educators vote to strike
With corporations on a warpath to privatize schools, the future of public education is at stake across the country, and Los Angeles is ground zero for this struggle.
Books, not magazines: Outcry grows over DeVos plan to divert federal...
DeVos’s plan would use federal Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants to pay for firearms and to train educators in their use.
NYU School of Medicine announces free tuition for current and future...
"They walk out of here unencumbered, looking at a future where they can do what their passion tells them, which is to help people live better quality lives."
ALEC Sets the table for gerrymandering, union busting, protecting fossil fuels,...
A breakdown of ALEC’s menu of policy proposals at the New Orleans conference.
How Native American children benefit from trauma-informed schools
Students in these communities are disproportionately affected by trauma. When they act out, adults with training ask, “Is there anything I can do to help you?” rather than “Why are you acting this way?”
Why the new push for charter schools should anger progressives
Surveys find that Americans have increased confidence in public schools while support for charter schools has dropped by double digit percentages among Democrats and Republicans.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, July 26, 2018
Federal lawsuit against President Trump's business interests allowed to proceed, deadly wildfires rage around the world, Betsy Devos is hurting students again, and more.
Education and the mental health epidemic
Systems of education built around the ideals of the market that use competition, selection and examinations are contributing to a collective atmosphere of division, injustice and anxiety.
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Claude disobeyed Anthropic CEO in simulations
In testing, Claude went against boss’s orders and helped an employee blow the whistle about a safety concern
Supreme Court curbs judicial review of TPS terminations, putting hundreds of thousands at risk...
In Mullin v. Doe, a 6-3 majority held that federal courts generally cannot second-guess Homeland Security's decisions to end Temporary Protected Status.
The (Dis)United States (Or Do I Mean World?) of President Donald J. Trump
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Mississippi pension fund sues Apollo Global Management over downplayed Epstein ties
The fund manages retirement savings for hundreds of thousands of Mississippi teachers, police officers and other public workers, and a shareholder case like it can force a company to hand over internal records.
Trump administration’s mass layoffs at NIOSH gut program investigating firefighter deaths
A ProPublica investigation found the April cuts reached the unit that reviews line-of-duty fire deaths and a landmark firefighter cancer registry, though the administration later reinstated some staff.