How did this charter school get a nearly $2 million federal grant?
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save A recent federal audit had a bit of bad news for the U.S. Education Department’s Charter Schools Program (CSP), which has provided more than $2.5 billion in grants to help open or expand charter schools. The audit by the department’s Office of Inspector General found that More...
Harvard, Penn, MIT leaders answer, skirt tough antisemitism questions
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What House Republicans want to do to public education funding
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Here’s what key House Republicans are proposing to do with federal public education funding for fiscal year 2024: slash it, especially More...
Top trending misinformation tactics everyone can learn to spot
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Rethinking the way teachers assign student grades
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Is the new handwringing over grade inflation inflated?
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A century ago, elite universities restricted Jewish enrollment. They created the modern college admissions process.
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save The first Jew to be hired as an instructor at a U.S. college was Judah Monis. He had earned a Master of Arts degree from Harvard College More...
Fake celebrity statements on Israel-Hamas war — and other news literacy lessons
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Voters drub Moms for Liberty ‘parental rights’ candidates at the ballot
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save In 2021, the right-wing “parents rights” Moms for Liberty claimed victory in 33 school board races in a single county in Pennsylvania More...
News literacy lessons from the glut of misinformation on the Mideast
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