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Library cuts and teachers quitting: Texas's takeover of Houston schools 3 Eugene Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 2649
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Indiana Ed Parent Portal, Report 'Woke' Educators, 'Socialist Indoctrination.' Teacher Privacy, Safety 14 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 4148
Colorado teens earn first-ever cornhole college scholarships - NewsNation 4 TexasTowelie Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 2749
War Against Schools, Critical Thinking: Thom Hartmann 📚 4 appalachiablue Nov 2023 Feb 2024 11 3152
Two students may have stopped a school board from saying Christian prayers at meetings (Livestream) - Friendly Atheist 6 ihaveaquestion Feb 2024 Feb 2024 19 3558
Georgia GOP senators seek to ban sexually explicit books from school libraries, reduce sex education (and more) 4 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 2899
Local HS Adjusting Science Curriculum 6 ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 Feb 2024 5 2881
Most veterinarians are white. A new program plans to train Black vets. 7 Jilly_in_VA Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 3936
The dumbing down has been working all too well 7 Attilatheblond Feb 2024 Feb 2024 13 3385
Utah governor approves censure of school board member who questioned a student's gender 1 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 2181
14Yr Old Makes History, Youngest University Student in Jamaica, Accepted at 13, Educator Parents 0 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 8 2211
New York City schools went online instead of calling a snow day. It didn't go well 1 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 2315
Teens' math, reading in unprecedented decline, says OECD - Reuters 8 TexasTowelie Dec 2023 Jan 2024 4 3817
What Happens When A School Bans Smartphones - A Complete Transformation 11 appalachiablue Jan 2024 Jan 2024 36 5786
Oligarchs expect universities to produce more oligarchs. 0 SarahD Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 2177
Oklahoma asks teachers to return up to $50,000 in bonuses the state says were paid in error 2 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 2590
Ron DeSantis condemned as Florida removes sociology as core college class 3 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 2697
Yale, Duke and Columbia Among Elite Schools to Settle in Price-Fixing Case 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 2173
'I'm not safe here': Schools ignore federal rules on restraint and seclusion 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 2624
In Florida, New School Laws Have an Unintended Consequence: Bureaucracy 4 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 2769
DeSantis says Florida will welcome Jewish students who want to transfer with 'open arms' 8 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 0 3774
Harvard Early Applications Take a Dive 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Jan 2024 3 2809
Unschooled: The PragerU Curriculum Meet the Press Reports 2 ihaveaquestion Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 3014
Leonard Leo Allies Lead Effort to Establish Publicly Funded Religious School 0 appalachiablue Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 2983
UW-LaCrosse Chancellor Fired After Appearing in Adult Videos 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 3014
Why Small US Colleges Are Struggling Financially - Bloomberg Television 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 2778
Students at now-closed Connecticut nursing school sue state officials, say they've made things worse 0 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 2845
A school where students can be 'unapologetically Indigenous' 6 elleng Dec 2023 Dec 2023 10 3068

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How a true believer's flawed research helped legitimize home schooling 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 3736
Wisconsin university system reaches deal with Republicans that would scale back diversity positions 4 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 7663
Critics pan planned $450M Nebraska football stadium renovation as academic programs face cuts 3 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 2919
Lacking counselors, US schools turn to the booming business of online therapy 1 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 2881
Sexual Assault Accusers Can Be Sued for Defamation. This Will Discourage Survivors from Coming Forward. 5 niyad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 3946
Staff reassigned at Florida school after allegations that transgender student played on girls' team 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 2713
Climate change in Texas science textbooks causes divisions on state's education board 1 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 2848
The Poverty of Education When We Make Our Teachers Poor 0 appalachiablue Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 2168
Democrats who swept Moms For Liberty off school board fight superintendent's $700,000 exit deal 3 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 3557
Mass. Millionaire Tax Will Pay for Free Public Higher Educ for 25,000 Students (Ed) 0 appalachiablue Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 2581
Education Department lists schools under investigation for 'possible discrimination' based on shared ancestry 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 3552
FAFSA form could be Michigan high school graduation requirement 6 catbyte Oct 2023 Nov 2023 0 3117
🔎 How Conservatives Sabotage & Defund US Public Schools, Manufactured Fight 0 appalachiablue Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 3304
Teachers will now be able to live and work under one roof 13 radical noodle Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 4302
Students hated 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Their teachers tried to dump it. 11 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 7394
Largest Christian university in US faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception 2 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 9 4216
This teacher shortage solution has gone viral. But does it work? 5 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 2842
West Virginia school system mandates religious freedom training following revival assembly lawsuit 1 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 17 3392
What Educators Should Know About Mike Johnson, New Speaker of the House 1 Swede Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 2979
DeSantis's War on "Woke" Colleges Gets Even More Absurd--and Dangerous 9 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 17 4289
Work and play come together in Lowell's Pre-Primary School! 0 elleng Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 1761
Oklahoma Teachers Don't Know If It's Legal to Teach "Killers of the Flower Moon" 2 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 3592
Why Sororities Should Admit Nonbinary Members 0 niyad Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 2278
Democrat at House hearing on banned books: 'This is the US Congress' 3 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 11 3591
War in Mideast inflames college campuses and raises fears of antisemitism 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 2026
The Conservative Effort To Take Over A Nationally Ranked School System (Loudoun Co., VA) 2 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 3290
Wisconsin Republicans withhold university pay raises in fight over school diversity funding 0 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 2118
New rule will cut federal money to college programs that leave grads with high debt, low pay 3 Eugene Sep 2023 Oct 2023 3 3499
UPenn's Nobel Prize winner wasn't on the tenure track. How can the system better support talent? 2 FakeNoose Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 3966
Open Textbook Library. 2 usonian Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 1434

Education Continued...

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@ my daughters' first school this week, EDUCATION! 2 elleng Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 2605
Harvard students blame 'apartheid regime' for Israel-Gaza war, alumni react 9 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 3940
Moms for Liberty meets its match: Parents in this swing suburban district are fighting back 10 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 53 6953
My daughters first school doing great work. Sad daughters no longer there. 0 elleng Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 2081
Meet the high school sport that builds robots -- and the next generation of engineers 1 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 3481
Wisconsin School District Gets Restraining Order Against Gays Against Groomers Leader 1 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 2265
Liberty University failed to disclose crime data and warn of threats for years, report says 1 Eugene Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 2796
New College of Florida sends legal warning to opposition 'Alt New College' group 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 10612
The City, Standing Behind (SF) City College 1 Starry Messenger Aug 2012 Sep 2023 3 3301
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis drops 4 private school campuses from voucher programs because of China tie 0 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 2610
Mississippi auditor says several college majors indoctrinate students and should be defunded 5 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 2502
University of Florida, New College, stumble in latest national rankings 4 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 10 2195
For HBCUs, the bands are about much more than the show to the Black community: 'This is family' 4 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 2514
Virginia library faces potential shutdown over funding after children's books are challenged 0 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1703
Rocklin, CA school board president told teachers to stack union with 'more faith-based site reps' 1 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 2287
The California Megachurch Pushing Public Schools to the Far Right 2 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1780
Opponents of Nebraska plan to use public money for private school tuition seek ballot initiative 0 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 2477
Texas wanted armed officers at every school after Uvalde. Many can't meet that standard 0 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1621
Florida Wanted "Opposing Viewpoints" on Slavery in A.P. African American Studies Course 2 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1630
Kansas college accused of forcing out Black students must reform after DOJ probe 0 Eugene Aug 2023 Aug 2023 10 1775
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