The irony of Black history legislation in Florida
Comment on this storyComment Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and the state legislature have been on a crusade to rewrite education laws, policies and academic standards that forbid teachers from, among other things, restrict what teachers can say about race and racism in the United States. His administration banned an Advanced Placement More...
A fundamental driver of persistent school segregation
Comment on this storyComment Nearly 70 years after the Supreme Court handed down the historic Brown v. Board decision and declared that segregated schools are “inherently unequal” and unconstitutional, More...
Trump prosecutor helped send Atlanta teachers to jail in cheating scandal
Comment on this storyComment Before Fani Willis became nationally known as the district attorney in Atlanta whose investigation into Donald Trump led to the criminal indictment of the former president More...
Florida says it doesn’t want indoctrination in schools — but look at the materials it just approved
Comment on this storyComment We know what Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his allies in the state legislature don’t want students to learn in public school classrooms — but here’s what the More...
The untold history of affirmative action — for White people
Comment on this storyComment The U.S. Supreme Court last month rejected race-based affirmative action in college admissions in a 6-3 vote that rolled back decades of precedent and will force big changes More...
Fixing the damage done to schools by federal school reform laws
Comment on this storyComment More than 20 years ago, President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into federal law, ushering in a new period of school reform that was centered on accountability More...