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The head of one of the most politically powerful unions in the country blasted GOP efforts to dismantle public education amid mounting Republican-backed legislative attempts to expand private school vouchers, ban books and discussions about race, sex, gender and LGBTQ issues that she says are driving teachers away from an […]
The $5 million allocated to The World Games 2022 in Gov. Kay Ivey’s record $8.8 billion Education Trust Fund will allow organizers to finally close the books on the $14.1 million debt incurred from the 10-day event, CEO Nick Sellers said in a statement to AL.com. “The World Games 2022 […]
It may perhaps look like the pandemic is above stadiums are open all over again, crowds are almost everywhere, and rarely a mask in sight. But COVID damage a whole lot of items you are not able to simply see, in particular in universities. “I come to feel like I […]
Afghanistan’s schools have reopened for the new academic year, but hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred from attending classes as Taliban authorities ban their attendance in secondary school. Education Minister Habibullah Agha confirmed in a statement that schools up to grade six “will currently be open for girls”, […]
President Biden’s secretary of education released a letter calling for the end of all corporal punishment in U.S. schools. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona sent the “dear colleague” letter to governors, chief state school officers and other school leaders nationwide on Friday calling for the end of all corporal […]