Education

Irma Olguin: Why We Should Bring Tech Economies to Underdog Cities

8:51am February 04, 2022

Irma Olguin wants to bring the tech industry to cities like her hometown, Fresno. She believes building a support system for tech workers will strengthen communities and revitalize undervalued cities.

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A third-grade teacher conducts class in Rye, N.Y. Researcher Jeffrey Sachs says that since January 2021, 35 states have introduced legislation limiting topics that schools can teach.

From slavery to socialism, new legislation restricts what teachers can discuss

4:49pm February 03, 2022

by Terry Gross

Researcher Jeffrey Sachs says that U.S. teachers are being censored for broaching certain topics. One group in New Hampshire is offering a $500 bounty for teachers who discuss critical race theory.

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4 tips for parents and caregivers who want to go to college

7:00am February 03, 2022

by Mansee Khurana

Being a student parent or student caregiver comes with its own unique challenges — challenges not every college is equipped to help with.

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College students in Ukraine prepare for their future during a threat from Russia

5:04am February 03, 2022

by Rachel Martin

Students at Kyiv Mohyla Academy long for peace but have emergency plans ready if Russia attacks Ukraine's capital.

More than a dozen HBCUs received bomb threats on the 1st day of Black History Month

4:29pm February 02, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

More than a dozen historically Black colleges received bomb threats on Tuesday, the first day of Black History Month, following a number of bomb threats at HBCUs on Monday. Several went on lockdown.

National Guard Specialist Austin Alt stands as he fills in as a substitute teacher due to staffing shortages caused by the coronavirus disease pandemic and other non-illness related absences at Pojoaque Valley Middle School in Pojoaque, N.M.

New Mexico asks National Guard to work as substitute teachers to keep classrooms open

12:22pm February 02, 2022

by Alice Fordham

New Mexico is short 1,000 teachers. National Guard volunteers now serve as substitute teachers.

Families of children who attend school online are no longer eligible for the P-EBT.

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Some families are being forced to choose between remote learning and school meals

7:01am February 02, 2022

by Cory Turner

Many low-income families who want their children to keep learning remotely are losing access to a federal program that helped them pay for meals.

Schools scramble to feed kids as supply chain issues persist

4:53pm February 01, 2022

by Deena Prichep

Supply chain disruptions have upended school nutrition programs. Everything from food to forks to kitchen staff aren't showing up when expected, leaving schools scrambling to feed kids healthy meals.

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Teachers have reported they are burned out and are considering leaving the field for good.

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More than half of teachers are looking for the exits, a poll says

2:44pm February 01, 2022

by Anya Kamenetz

A new poll from the nation's largest teachers union finds burnout is widespread, and more educators say they're thinking about leaving.

Harry T. Moore and his wife, Harriette Moore, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in the late 1940s.

Remembering the man who 'laid the groundwork for the modern civil rights movement'

10:13am February 01, 2022

by Greg Allen

Seventy years ago, Florida civil rights pioneer Harry T. Moore and his wife, Harriette, were killed in a bombing at their home on Christmas Day. No one was charged with their murders.