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Teachers: High Court opens way for taxpayer dollars for religious schools

July 1, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision allowing Montanans tax credits to pay for tuition at private – read “religious” – schools will cut dollars available to public schools and kids.

DeVos rescinds Title IX rule protecting student survivors of sexual violence

May 21, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

DeVos wants to put survivors through trial-like “hearings” where the victims would have to relive the brutality all over again.

Corporate consultants Bain & Company size up Los Angeles schools

May 21, 2020 By Sara Roos

While 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.

Obama, in two speeches, criticizes Trump and challenges grads to grab control

May 20, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

Stepping out of what had been a self-imposed silence on discussing his successor, former President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump in speeches to graduates.

Trump Ag Dept. wants to restore fatty foods to school cafeteria meals

January 28, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

For millions of kids from low-income or working-class families, school—not home—is their prime source of nutrition.