by Molly Burke | Feb 27, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — For those waiting for their student loans to disappear after applying last fall to a new government loan forgiveness plan, answers may be coming soon. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday on cases challenging President Joe Biden’s plan...
by Monica Sager and Susanti Sarkar | Feb 11, 2023 | Education
Betsy Kling was faced with a desk full of papers. There were stacks of documents — at least 20 to 40 pages per student. And because there were not enough teachers to match the students’ individual special education needs, the work kept piling up with no end in...
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...