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The best thing the Legislature can do with a portion of its $9 billion surplus is to fully fund special education for all schools. The annual report from the Minnesota Department of Education shows that school districts in 2020 spent $673 million from general education funds to pay for the gap, or unfunded special education…

In the lead-up to the federal election, neither of the major parties has given higher education much thought or attention. While the Coalition focuses on the military and Labor on aged care, universities continue to sweat it out after a decade of at best being ignored, and at worst being wilfully undermined by the current…

The Florida Department of Education announced last week that it was rejecting the use of dozens of mathematics textbooks in K-12 public schools throughout the state, ostensibly because they contained content that discussed critical race theory. When asked to provide examples, however, neither the department nor Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) would do so, in spite…

Depending on how you look at it, Ed Secretary Miguel Cardona’s assertion that “we’re closer to a reset in education than ever before” is either a beacon of hope at the end of a long, dark tunnel, or the opening of a new front in an increasingly polarizing culture war. Because my work as CEO…

The last time we heard an actor weigh in on Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill, “Star Trek: Discovery” actor Wilson Cruz tweeted that Florida had learned nothing about how to prevent another Pulse Nightclub massacre, which by the way was carried about by an Islamic extremist who didn’t even know it was a gay…

CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – Kelsi Wilcox Boyles, Education Program Specialist of Riverview Intermediate Unit, has been accepted as one of 19 ambassadors in the Pennsylvania STEM Ambassador Program. This program aims to shape the future of STEM education in the commonwealth by targeting vital policy conversations to legislative leadership in the areas of STEM Learning…

As a first-generation college student and immigrant, I didn’t always feel that I belonged in higher education. But I had faculty and mentor support that empowered me to become the best version of myself in a new and different environment. Throughout my career in academia, three things that have always been at the forefront in…

By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Membermsayles@afro.com As a young boy, New York native Christopher Emdin was always interested in how the universe works. He was an inquisitive child, and his mother would foster his curiosity.  When he began school, Emdin quickly developed a passion for science, which endured into his…

Roland Parrish has given millions to help further the education of young people. Especially those in under-represented communities. He’s the first African American to have a facility named in his honor at Purdue University after his $2 million leadership gift to support the management school library renovation. While he has accomplished so much to this…

Chancellor David Banks takes questions from the press after giving a speech at Tweed Courthouse, the education department’s downtown Manhattan headquarters, laying out his vision for New York City Schools. | Christina Veiga / Chalkbeat In his first major policy speech to education department brass, New York City schools Chancellor David Banks offered sharp criticism…