Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Education
03/07/2022
New Mexico’s governor just signed a bill to make college tuition-free
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed on Friday Senate Bill 140, otherwise known as the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship Act.
03/12/2020
Explaining the News to Our Kids
Dramatic, disturbing news events can leave parents speechless. These age-based tips on how to talk to kids about the news -- and listen, too -- can help.
02/15/2022
Opinion: The “misinformation problem” seems like misinformation
If anything people have become better informed.
02/15/2022
Tanzania ends ban of pregnant girls in schools
In doing so, it becomes the penultimate African nation to allow girls, often coerced into pregnancy, to continue their education.
02/07/2022
New program is sending free copies of challenged books to Missourians
Program organizers say the books most frequently challenged by school districts are works of historically excluded identity groups.
02/08/2022
Puerto Rico teachers will get $1K a month salary boost
The move comes just days after 70% of public school teachers left their classrooms and joined a protest for better conditions. Salaries had not increased in 13 years.
02/08/2022
More Black women are leading U.S. law schools and changing the conversation on race and gender
A rising cohort of new leaders want to help their institutions better understand the country’s history and how it inextricably shapes the law today.
02/09/2022
People who work at Dollywood will soon be eligible for free tuition
Dollywood employees looking to further their education will soon be eligible for free tuition, books and fees for select programs.
02/03/2022
Why the Classics: Roosevelt Montás on Rescuing Socrates
When Roosevelt Montás was growing up in Cabmita Garabitos, a town in the Dominican Republic he describes as “pre-industrial,” the life of an American public intellectual and Columbia University professor must have seemed very far away.
01/15/2022
Romania pushes to add climate change education in schools
Romania’s president wants to add sections on climate change and environmental issues to the national school curriculum to enable students to learn more about the challenges the world faces from climate change.
01/18/2022
N.J. mandates teaching Asian American and Pacific Islander history in schools
New Jersey becomes the second state to sign teaching AAPI history into law, after Illinois last year.
01/14/2022