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Education Archive

Archives for May 2023

Politics
A guide to Ron DeSantis’s most extreme policies in FloridaA guide to Ron DeSantis’s most extreme policies in Florida
Politics

DeSantis’s Florida bills targeting LGBTQ people, abortion rights, and teachings on race preview his presidential platform.

By Nicole Narea and Li Zhou
Politics
The latest book ban target: Amanda Gorman’s poem from the Biden inaugurationThe latest book ban target: Amanda Gorman’s poem from the Biden inauguration
Politics

A Florida school has restricted who can read “The Hill We Climb,” a poem read at Biden’s 2021 inauguration.

By Li Zhou
Politics
The Republican plan to take over school boards may be backfiringThe Republican plan to take over school boards may be backfiring
Politics

New election results suggest voters are mixed at best on the GOP’s educational culture wars.

By Nicole Narea
Policy
An economist spent decades arguing money wouldn’t help schools. His new paper finds it usually does.An economist spent decades arguing money wouldn’t help schools. His new paper finds it usually does.
Policy

Eric Hanushek’s influential arguments on school funding shaped policy for four decades. Has he changed his mind?

By Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat
Politics
The rising Republican movement to defund public librariesThe rising Republican movement to defund public libraries
Politics

Libraries bolster democracy. Republicans want to get rid of them.

By Fabiola Cineas
Policy
The SATs are: a) dying; b) already dead; c) alive and well; d) here foreverThe SATs are: a) dying; b) already dead; c) alive and well; d) here forever
Policy

The confusing future of standardized testing, explained.

By Kevin Carey

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