AP African American Studies purges critical race, queer theorists

Critical race theory, queer theory and black feminist literature are out of the core curriculum in the revised version of College Board's...

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AP African American Studies purges critical race, queer theorists

Critical race theory, queer theory and black feminist literature are out of the core curriculum in the revised version of College Board's...

Joanne Jacobs

Teach for America is shrinking

Teach for America is shrinking, write Ben Backes and Michael Hansen on Chalkboard. The nonprofit recruits college graduates for two-year...

Joanne Jacobs

Schools have more teachers, fewer students

Schools are adding teachers while enrolling fewer students, writes Chad Aldeman, policy director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown...

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'American Teacher Act' would set $60K base pay for teachers

Teacher pay should start at a minimum of $60,000 a year, said advocates of the American Teacher Act at the U.S. Capitol last week,...

Joanne Jacobs

The readiness is (almost) all

Who goes to college? Enrollment rates vary widely by family income, race and ethnicity and gender, but among students of similar academic...

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Teacher: Students are learning they don't need to show up or do the work

No-consequences attendance policies have encouraged students to skip class, teacher Loren Green told the Albany, New York school board....

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Unsafe at school

Angry teachers in Newport News, Virginia blame lax discipline for a 6-year-old shooting his first-grade teacher, write Ben Finley and...