The Atlantic: “Whether or not a school is adequately funded can have a ripple effect on just about every aspect of a student’s educational experience.”
Business Insider: “There’s a whole lot of inaccurate information on the internet, and Google isn’t always great at identifying it.”
The Huffington Post: “The majority of the 2,000 people in the United States formally exonerated of crimes they never committed are black, according to a new report examining the relationship between race and wrongful convictions.”
Mother Jones: “The issue isn’t just about bathrooms, [Gavin] Grimm and his lawyers argue, but about the right to exist in public space.”
MTV: “Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, The Hate U Give is the kind of book that serves as an important reminder: We cannot become desensitized to the police brutality cases that take the lives of young black men and women, nor can we normalize them.”
National Public Radio: “For [immigrant] students like Michelle, the problem is two-fold: Not only are they dealing with trauma, but they also belong to one of the most marginalized student populations.”
The New York Times: “Spokane’s educators have latched onto an idea that might strike others as counterintuitive: They believe they can get more students to go to college—and stay there—by making high school harder.”
Slate: “Camelot’s story illustrates the risk that for-profit schools … may put earnings ahead of student welfare.”
The Washington Post: “On March 11, the National Park Service and the Maryland State Park Service plan to unveil a new visitor center here dedicated to the life and mission of abolitionist and legendary Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman.”
The Washington Post: “‘This is a bill that will resegregate our schools, taking us back to the ’60s and ’70s. … This will be the death of integration.’”
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