Florida to Pay Millions to Victims of Abuses at Notorious Reform School
The horrors inflicted on hundreds of boys at a notorious reform school in the Florida Panhandle remain excruciating for survivors to recount, all these years later. Forced labor. Brutal floggings. Sexual abuse. For more than 15 years, survivors of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, who are now old men, have traveled to the State Capitol in Tallahassee More...
Luisiana exige que todas las aulas públicas exhiban los diez mandamientos
[Estamos en WhatsApp. Empieza a seguirnos ahora] El gobernador de Luisiana, Jeff Landry, firmó el miércoles una ley que exige la exhibición de los diez mandamientos en todas las aulas públicas del estado, More...
School Cellphone Bans May Be Hard to Enforce
When it comes to banning cellphones in schools, success could be determined by the details. Do bans apply only to classrooms, or also to hallways, bathrooms and cafeterias, where students are much more likely More...
Trump Says He Would Give Green Cards to Foreign College Students After Graduation
Donald J. Trump said he would push for a program that would automatically give green cards to foreign college students in America after they graduate, a reversal from restrictions he enacted as president on More...
Newsom Calls for Ban on Smartphone Use in California Schools
Gov. Gavin Newsom called on Tuesday for a statewide ban on smartphone use in California schools, joining a growing national effort to curb cyberbullying and classroom distraction by limiting access to the devices. Mr. More...
Biden Administration’s New Title IX Rules Are Blocked in Six More States
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Biden administration’s new Title IX regulations in six more states as Republicans and conservative groups try to overturn a policy that expanded protections for L.G.B.T.Q. More...
Michigan and CUNY Mishandled Discrimination Complaints, Education Dept. Finds
The University of Michigan and the City University of New York mishandled complaints of discrimination on campus during widespread protests over the war in Gaza, the Education Department announced on Monday. The More...
No Field Is No Problem for a School’s Softball Champions
Housed in a former pocketbook factory in Astoria, Queens, the tiny Baccalaureate School for Global Education is an elite public high school with a rigorous academic curriculum. Founded in 2002, it has only More...
Is the Partisan Divide Too Big to Be Bridged?
Bernard Clay, a Black, middle-aged data analyst and poet from Louisville, Ky., was leery when he was thrown together with Shaelyn Bishop, a shy, white, young biologist who grew up on a family farm in rural More...
U.S. Catholic Bishops Apologize for Traumas of Indian Boarding Schools
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a formal apology on Friday for the church’s role in the mistreatment and trauma experienced by Native Americans in the United States, notably in church-operating More...
