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WASHINGTON, DC – To commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service, AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith released the following statement: “Martin Luther King, Jr., Day is the only federal holiday designated as a National Day of Service to encourage all…..
Perspective by Robin Givhan. Washington Post January 11 2023 Who will be left to educate this country’s children when all the teachers have had enough? Who will remain when educators tire of picking their way through a political obstacles course of ginned-up outrage over bathrooms…..
Advice by Elizabeth Chang Washington Post Jan 5th 2023 Politicians making fun of an 82-year-old man who was attacked with a hammer. Online commenters calling anti-vaxxers who died of covid-19 “stupid.” Teachers refusing to address transgender students by their chosen names. At a time like this, it can seem to…..
While other grades recover, middle schoolers are still in freefall. Two Virginia schools are bucking the trend. By Steven Yoder December 30, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. EST Washington Post ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. — It was a Thursday morning in November, a few…..
Perspective by Jay Mathews Washington Post January 1, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST Many teachers complain that inflated grades, reduced homework and quick-and-easy credit recovery courses are leaving holes in students’ educations. I was convinced that the only reason superintendents and school boards…..
By Katherine Shaver Washington Post Dec 19th A new map of one of the Washington region’s most affluent and liberal suburbs reveals an ugly past: scores of neighborhoods deemed Whites-only for decades, helping to set the stage for persistent racial inequities. The interactive map devised by…..
by Brad Aaron Modlin Mrs. Nelson explained how to stand still and listento the wind, how to find meaning in pumping gas, how peeling potatoes can be a form of prayer. She took questions on how not to feel lost…..
By Alyssa Rosenberg Columnist December 8, 2022 at 3:53 p.m. EST|Published December 6, 2022 This holiday season, let’s press pause on one of the culture wars. Recent tussles over the “appropriateness” of kids’ books obscure the genius and joy of so much children’s…..
By Lauren Lumpkin and Sahana Jayaraman Updated October 24, 2022 at 6:27 p.m. EDT|Published October 24, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Washington Post In March 2021, the Biden administration released the federal government’s largest pool of pandemic relief for public schools. The American Rescue Plan infused…..
By Eugene Robinson Washington Post October 25th 2022 It turns out that all the bitter back-and-forth between red and blue states about how quickly to reopen schools during the covid-19 pandemic was nothing but political theater, as far as test scores are concerned. Student performance suffered…..