by Monica Sager and Susanti Sarkar | Jan 21, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Miguel Perez, a 23-year-old deaf student from Michigan, petitioned the Supreme Court today to decide if he was entitled to financial compensation for Perez’s lack of proper accessibility support in his public school. The case brings to light...
by Monica Sager | Jan 14, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — More than half of school districts across the country have reported shortages in teachers, according to researchers who attended an event hosted Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education that focused on addressing these shortages. “We know...
by Rashida Sherie Anderson-Abdullah | Nov 9, 2022 | Education
Young voters in Wisconsin have a higher impact in elections compared to their counterparts in other states. Rashida Anderson-Abdullah speaks to students of University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students before the 2022 gubernatorial and congressional district...
by Rashida Sherie Anderson-Abdullah | Nov 2, 2022 | Education
WASHINGTON – Just two months after Loudoun County Public Schools released a report on its plan to increase equity in its schools, three candidates for that Northern Virginia county’s school board presented opposing views on the subject during a debate last week. The...
by Rashida Sherie Anderson-Abdullah | Oct 19, 2022 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee met for the final time before the midterm elections last Thursday to present new evidence about the fragility of American democracy and detail how close the country came to a constitutional crisis that day. This comes at a time...
by Rashida Sherie Anderson-Abdullah | Sep 29, 2022 | Education
WASHINGTON — Historically Black colleges and universities are drivers of upward mobility for not just their students but also the communities where they are located. After the racial reckoning of 2020 prompted by the murder of George Floyd, millions of dollars were...