Some teachers feel silenced on racist mass shooting in Buffalo
In some states, new laws limit how educators can discuss race, ‘divisive concepts’ or current events. Experts worry about the effects of ignoring real-world events.
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Nadra Nittle
Former Education Reporter
Past articles by Nadra Nittle
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In Massachusetts, lawmakers push to make medication abortion available on college campuses
The legislation’s sponsors cite the high proportion of abortion patients who are college aged, and how students would need to travel hours to a clinic if they don’t have a car.
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In Texas prisons, men have access to significantly more higher education programs than women
Earning a degree drastically reduces recidivism for incarcerated people, but the gender disparity in offerings makes the process even harder for many.
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Want to improve student achievement? Hire a Black principal.
Studies link Black principals, especially women, to better academic performance. New initiatives aim to train and support them.
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Parental rights bills have been introduced in most states. Teachers are pushing back.
Educators say legislation about what they teach and how mislead families and undermine public education. They’ve notched victories in multiple states, including red ones.
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Adjunct professors, the ‘backbone’ of higher education, push for better wages and benefits
Part-time professors, more likely to be women and people of color, are a permanent underclass in academia, they said.
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Minneapolis teacher strike is part of a wider labor struggle for educators around the country
Between pay gaps, the pandemic, growing class sizes and legislative directives, “the pressure on teachers right now is so formidable,” one expert said.
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The 19th Explains: Colleges are dropping the SAT in admissions. That’s a good thing for most girls.
Evidence of a gender gap has existed for decades. Now, an increasing number of schools are making the SAT optional for admission.
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Texas schools must now teach students how to spot abuse — if their parents allow
A teenager’s family missed the warning signs of abuse before she was killed. Texas schools hope to prevent similar tragedies.
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She says her school kicked her out for being trans. She wants the rules to change.
Kalie Hargrove has a Title IX complaint against Lincoln Christian University — plus joined a class-action suit challenging a loophole that lets religious schools be exempted from rules that ban discrimination.