Florida schools are closing, but not everyone blames school choice Florida’s public school enrollment rate is dropping, but experts are divided on how much its universal school choice program is to blame. Multiple districts in the state are closing ... 05/30/2024 - 10:30 pm | View Link
DOE head condemns pro-Palestine walkout planned for NYC schools Friday Department of Education Chancellor David Banks condemned a citywide pro-Palestinian student walkout planned for Friday. In his strongest comments yet about the ongoing protests against the war in Gaza ... 05/30/2024 - 12:09 pm | View Link
How a new musical hopes to spotlight NYC student experiences with school safety SAFE,’ a theater production written and directed by New York Civil Liberties Union Artist-in-Residence Jess McLeod, will run for one day at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. 05/30/2024 - 11:24 am | View Link
Budgets tighten for local ISDs as school options grow Data analyzed by Community Impact shows that students transferring out of Austin, Pflugerville and Round Rock ISDs are overwhelmingly choosing charter schools. 05/29/2024 - 11:45 am | View Link
Op-Ed: Illinois public schools lose 127,000 students since pandemic Recent NBC News analysis found 87% of American children were enrolled in public school in 2022, compared to 90.7% in 2012. That trend holds true closer to home, too. 05/29/2024 - 4:59 am | View Link
Over a week into the U. K. election race that was called early by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the opposition Labour Party—led by Keir Starmer—is polling ahead of the incumbent Conservatives.
After five Prime Ministers in 14 years of Conservative rule—which saw the right-wing party guide policy on Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, and contentious immigration reform—Labour may well be on course for an election victory on July 4.
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This wasn’t always the case.
TEL AVIV, Israel — Qatar and Saudi Arabia on Sunday condemned an Israeli parliamentary bill that seeks to label UNRWA, the main provider of aid for Palestinians in Gaza, a terrorist group, joining a growing number of nations opposed to the proposal.
The bill, which passed a preliminary vote in parliament last week, is the product of increasingly tense relations between Israel and the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.
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Kids are starting menstruation earlier, study shows. Here is what that means for their health CNNNew study details potential long-term health risks as American girls reach puberty earlier PBS NewsHour