Texas substitute teacher at Kimbrough middle school in Mesquite helped coordinate fights during class, officials say A substitute teacher at a Texas middle school was fired for “Teacher fired over ‘appalling’ behavior after encouraging students to fight”
Category: Education
Tracking the Attack on Critical Race Theory in Education
Efforts to ban critical race theory have been put forth in all but one state – and many threaten schools with a loss of funds. Few “Tracking the Attack on Critical Race Theory in Education”
Tenure was already in decline. Now some Republicans want it gone from colleges for good.
Pat Heintzelman has been teaching for more than 22 years, but she isn’t confident she’ll have a job come this summer. Heintzelman, an untenured English “Tenure was already in decline. Now some Republicans want it gone from colleges for good.”
Higher ed leaders have largely kept mum about anti-DEI bills. A new campaign changes that.
In the past couple of years, the country has seen a spate of legislation targeting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and perceived liberal bias at educational institutions. “Higher ed leaders have largely kept mum about anti-DEI bills. A new campaign changes that.”
With Lavish Treatment of Macron, China’s Xi Woos France to ‘Counter’ U.S.
China’s Xi Jinping has given French President Emmanuel Macron an unusually lavish welcome on a state visit, which some analysts see as a sign of “With Lavish Treatment of Macron, China’s Xi Woos France to ‘Counter’ U.S.”
When will student loan payments resume? A new lawsuit aims to lift the payment pause
Another lawsuit was filed Thursday aiming to force an end to a pause on payments for student loan borrowers that has stretched over three years. The lawsuit, “When will student loan payments resume? A new lawsuit aims to lift the payment pause”
Biden Administration to Allow Schools to Ban Transgender Athletes in Some Cases
Schools would violate the new Title IX regulations if they categorically ban transgender students from sports teams but may adopt policies that limit participation in “Biden Administration to Allow Schools to Ban Transgender Athletes in Some Cases”
‘Parents’ rights’: Republicans wage education culture war as 2024 looms
Republicans hail policies they say will give parents a say in their children’s schooling – but critics say it’s a guise to advance a rightwing “‘Parents’ rights’: Republicans wage education culture war as 2024 looms”
US teens say they have new proof for 2,000-year-old mathematical theorem
Two New Orleans high school seniors who say they have proven Pythagoras’s theorem by using trigonometry – which academics for two millennia have thought to be impossible “US teens say they have new proof for 2,000-year-old mathematical theorem”
Schools Close for 430,000 Students as Services Workers in LA Strike
The labor action is occurring in a school district facing an amalgam of post-pandemic challenges that have a stranglehold on the country’s public education system. “Schools Close for 430,000 Students as Services Workers in LA Strike”