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DeVos rescinds Title IX rule protecting student survivors of sexual violence
May 21, 2020DeVos wants to put survivors through trial-like “hearings” where the victims would have to relive the brutality all over again.
Read moreCorporate consultants Bain & Company size up Los Angeles schools
May 21, 2020While families have been scrambling to homeschool, the District’s Superintendent and former investment-banker Austin Beutner has sought guidance from the world of corporate management consulting.
Read moreObama, in two speeches, criticizes Trump and challenges grads to grab control
May 20, 2020Stepping out of what had been a self-imposed silence on discussing his successor, former President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump in speeches to graduates.
Read moreTrump Ag Dept. wants to restore fatty foods to school cafeteria meals
January 28, 2020For millions of kids from low-income or working-class families, school—not home—is their prime source of nutrition.
Read moreChicago teachers, support staff strike
October 17, 2019Despite ten months of bargaining, the sides remain far apart on restoring staffing levels decimated over the past few decades.
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