Can Public Education Survive Trump’s Attacks?
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s “final mission” will disproportionately harm students from marginalized communities.
Education
YES! Media’s coverage of education centers around efforts to strengthen public education (including universal free child care, K-12 and higher education), while also supporting increased pay and benefits for educators, so that they can teach accurate history, and help create safe, inclusive school environments for students of all ages, backgrounds, identities, and abilities.
A Communal Fix for Our Childcare System
While Project 2025 proposes cutting Head Start, communities are ensuring free, quality child care for all.
A Tool to Tackle Climate Emotions
A wheel of climate emotions helps students navigate feelings about the climate crisis.
Ancestors in Focus
As the sun sets over the Collegiate Peaks in central Colorado, John Edward Graybill blacks out the windows of his kitchen, which doubles as his studio. A single beam of
Dr. Ibram X Kendi’s Progress 2025 Vision for Education
In the face of Project 2025’s dystopian vision for education, Ibram X Kendi lays out a progressive alternative for public education in the U.S.
Unlearning Queerphobia
Schools are a powerful place to begin building an LGBTQ-affirming culture, as an antidote to fear and bigotry.
We’re All Responsible for Protecting Public Libraries
In this excerpt from “That Librarian,” Amanda Jones offers a blueprint to battle book censorship in public libraries.
Making Equity Part of the Equation in Math Education
Most Americans report they don’t know enough math to make routine financial decisions.
Druze Women Balance Sexual Health, Pleasure, and Tradition
Sex education is often taboo in close-knit Druze communities, but a new generation is creating its own care networks.
Trans Youth Are Teaching Schools How to Actually Support Them
The education system is failing transgender youth, but one school in Canada is striving to create a new support model.
Planning Parenthood for Incarcerated Men
An innovative sex-ed curriculum in Southern California is teaching incarcerated men about consent, birth control, and dismantling masculinity.
Professors Lift Up Student Protests
Some educators are using their institutional positions to help create safe spaces for student activism and challenge policies that restrict free speech.
UCLA Faculty Defend Student Activists
UCLA professor Robin D. G. Kelley offers insight on how faculty are supporting pro-Palestine students who are facing violence from Zionists and the LAPD.
Inside a Free Gaza Campus Hub
In a special report from Cal State LA’s newly established Free Gaza encampment, a student and a community activist speak out.
Jewish Students Central to Free Gaza Campus Protests
A Jewish American student takes us inside the Free Gaza encampment at Bryn Mawr College, part of the student uprising demanding an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Students Speak Out From Free Gaza Encampment
Students at San Francisco State University’s Free Gaza encampment share why they are demanding divestment from Israel.
Inside the Campus Uprising for Palestine
Students and faculty at colleges nationwide are walking out, occupying their campus grounds, and demanding an end to the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza.
Why Are Elite Schools So Attached to the SAT?
Research shows the SAT is racist, sexist, and classist. So why are some elite schools reinstating the test as an admission requirement?
Chess Captures Life Lessons for Argentinian Youth
Bottle caps transform into queens, knights, and pawns that help kids learn how to regulate emotions, socialize, and resolve conflicts.
Education for Nomadic Families in Nigeria
Displaced by climate change, Fulani children are getting access to education no one in their communities has had before.
Who Is Beating Back Book Bans?
Amidst a rising tide of anti-LGBTQ book bans, activists, authors, and librarians are organizing to make sure LGBTQ stories are still heard.
Jewish Students Organize “Shabbat for Ceasefire”
As Israel's genocide in Gaza rages on, U.S. Jewish college students say their faith inspires them to pray for a cease-fire, and an end to apartheid.
Combatting Anti-DEI Efforts
Matthew Kincaid delves into the history of attacks on DEI initiatives, and encourages teachers to stand firm on racial justice education.
The Heroes Fighting for Public Education
In the face of far-right extremist groups like Moms for Liberty, “school moms” have become the frontline defenders of education for all.
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