Researchers identified at least 18 schools across five states that state certification boards suspected of forcing their students into the sex industry.
“I decided to decline the offer of tenure ... It was a very difficult decision, not a decision I wanted to make,” Hannah-Jones said.
Advocates of the CROWN Act reflect on its impact and the many remaining challenges on changing beauty standards.
Her 1619 Project is at the center of a debate about what public-school students can learn about race in America.
The board’s initial decision to give the award-winning journalist a five-year contract, not tenure, reflects a politicization of state university governance that can make it harder to bring on top faculty.
Despite approval from faculty and the tenure committee, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist will be the first Knight Chair professor at the university to be denied tenure by the board of trustees.
More than 60 percent of Asian American elementary and middle school students continued full-time remote learning in March — compared to only 19 percent of White students.
The longtime educator is leaning on her experience to inform the administration’s thinking.
That investment, far more than what Biden has indicated he will seek, has support from other progressive lawmakers, per a letter shared first with The 19th.
In recognition of National Poetry Month, The 19th spoke to young people who used poetry to fill the gap of isolation.