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Betsy DeVos, Walking Meme, Was Blocked From Entering a School By Protesters -...
Betsy DeVos was scheduled to visit a D.C. middle school today, and, well, things didn’t go too great for her. She was met by a group of protesters and, first of all, her car may or may not have run...
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Donald Trump Has a Dangerously Misguided View of Autism
It shouldn’t come as a surprise anymore when Donald Trump makes statements amounting to little to nothing more than parroting back verbal clickbait sensationalism. This is a man who spent his campaign...
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Betsy DeVos Doesn’t Think Her Job Should Exist, Wants to Send Kids to Some...
via Shutterstock If you thought Donald Trump and Sean Spicer had the market cornered on nonsensical Mad Lib statements and professional incompetency, that means you’ve probably temporarily forgotten...
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Betsy DeVos Is Rewriting History Now to Ignore School Segregation
Another day, another laughably (if it weren’t so upsetting, that is) ignorant statement from Betsy DeVos. What does our new education secretary have for us today? She released a statement in which she...
View ArticleFeminist Alert: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Is Sending Women to College Through...
Okay scholars, now let’s get in formation. Ethereal queen of feminist pop music Beyoncé Giselle Knowles is caping for her fellow women with a scholarship program that would send four bright young...
View ArticleBetsy DeVos Confirms That She Will Literally Never Stand up Against...
Representative Katherine Clark (D-MA) recently pushed Betsy Devos on her budget proposal, which will cut $11 billion from the Department of Education’s overall budget while funneling $1.4 billion into...
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The U.S. Department of Education is Cutting Back Its Civil Rights Investigations
To wish everyone a happy Juneteenth, nightmare lady Betsy Devos will oversee what The New York Times describes as a “scaling back” of civil rights investigations in the Department of Education....
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Georgetown Law Center Study Illuminates the Disturbing “Adultification” of...
We’ve long known that black boys are seen as older than they are by those in authority, whereas white boys manage to be seen as “boys” well into their twenties (and even thirties), and that this...
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Malala Yousafzai Reflects on Her Graduation and Fight for Girls’ Education in...
Hi, Twitter. — Malala (@Malala) July 7, 2017 Malala Yousafzai has just finished her last day of secondary school, and shared some thoughts today in her first posts on Twitter. The young activist, who...
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Malala Yousafzai Continues to Be Taliban’s Worst Nightmare By Continuing...
You remember Malala Yousafzai, right? The young Pakistani woman who, when she was 14 years old was shot by a Taliban gunman because she dared be a girl who wanted an education? Well, one high school...
View ArticleNetflix’s Teach Us All Shows Educational Inequality Didn’t End With Brown Vs....
“He died with a part-time job at Taco Bell. I don’t want to end up like that.” Proud to distribute TEACH US ALL. Debuting today on @Netflix. pic.twitter.com/FFGihzFSmm — Ava DuVernay (@ava) September...
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Interview: PBS Digital’s Danielle Bainbridge Is Here to Teach You The Origin...
If you’re the kind of person who want to learn more about, well, everything, PBS Digital Studios has an amazing offering. The Origin of Everything is a digital series that’s exactly what’s advertised...
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Betsy DeVos Just Rescinded 70+ Guidelines That Protect the Rights of Students...
Betsy DeVos continued her assault on the rights of American students this month, rescinding 72 guidance documents from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS). Now, this...
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New Mexico Tried to Water Down Its Science Standards, but Parents and...
The New Mexico Public Education Department recently proposed a much-needed change to the statewide science education standards, which were initially adopted in 2003 and last updated in 2009. The new...
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Interview: Saara Chaudry Calls The Breadwinner a Hopeful Story About the...
Nora Twomey’s The Breadwinner is a beautiful adaptation of Deborah Ellis’ novel, and at the center of this narrative full of strong female characters is Parvana, voiced by 13-year-old Saara Chaudry....
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littleBits Competition Brings Boys and Girls to STEAM Through the Power of...
(Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for littleBits) STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) programs, while often gutted and underfunded in our education systems, are one of the...
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It’s Giving Tuesday! Some Suggestions for Putting Your Money Where Your...
Today is Giving Tuesday, the day after Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Sunday and Monday where we forget about being capitalist consumers for five minutes and remember that there are...
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Voucher Schools Can Teach Whatever They Want & Taxpayers Will Pay the Bill
One of the big agenda issues pushed by Betsy DeVos and the Trump administration about education is allowing parents more “choice” in where they send their children to school. While that on the surface...
View ArticleLin-Manuel Miranda Honors Teachers By Having a Chat With His High School...
Wherever you see a talented artist, know that there are talented teachers behind them who made them what they are. Hamilton creator and current Disney songsmith extraordinaire, Lin-Manuel Miranda,...
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15 Reasons America Might Be the Real “Shithole Country”
Donald Trump opened his mouth and something racist came out, shocking approximately zero persons. Specifically, he whined that the U.S. was mostly attracting immigrants from “shithole” countries. The...
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