Dolly Parton Strikes Again

Dolly Parton Strikes Again

Dolly Parton and her ‘Imagination Library’ has come to California, with a new bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Singer Dolly Parton was inspired by her father’s struggles with illiteracy to make sure as many children as possible learn to read, and...
Filipino Teachers Fill Arizona Shortages

Filipino Teachers Fill Arizona Shortages

Filipino teachers come to help alleviate the U.S. teacher shortage in our time of need. Carolyn Stewart is the superintendent for Bullhead City School District, a district based in Mohave County about 85 miles south of Las Vegas. Stewart has spent months trying to...
Illinois Youth Write Sex-Ed Handbook

Illinois Youth Write Sex-Ed Handbook

Illinois youth have taken sexual health education into their own hands with a group-written handbook. “Shattering the Taboo” is the title of a sex education handbook written by a coalition of Chicago students, meant to help de-stigmatize teaching what teenagers need...
Somaya Faruqi Speaks to UN

Somaya Faruqi Speaks to UN

Somaya Faruqi speaks for the rights of girls and women in Afghanistan, in front of the United Nations in an emotional speech. Somaya Faruqi was the captain of the Afghan girls’ international robotics team last year. In August, she fled her country as the Taliban...
California School District vs Rent

California School District vs Rent

A California school district is asking parents to help them find new teachers, by renting out rooms in their homes for cheap. Milpitas Unified School District, located in the San Francisco Bay area, has 18 schools and over 450 teachers for approximately 10,000...
Federally Funded Studies, For Free

Federally Funded Studies, For Free

Federally funded studies must be free and accessible to the public, the White House has decided. What happens to scientific research conducted with federal funding is dictated by White House policy, and has been for decades. Until now, federally funded researchers...
Defrauded Borrowers Set Free

Defrauded Borrowers Set Free

Defrauded borrowers are to be forgiven almost $4 billion in debt by the Department of Education, in the continuing fallout of ITT Technical Institute. Until 2016, ITT Educational Services was one of the largest for-profit educational operator in the U.S. It shut its...
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