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Education
fromwww.npr.org
6 days agoWhat schools stand to lose in the battle over the next federal education budget
Three competing FY2026 federal K–12 funding proposals would preserve, consolidate, or deeply cut programs, risking steep reductions for vulnerable and low-income students under two plans.
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Paper
1 week agoCharter school supporters rally for 'equal treatment', more funding as mayoral election nears * Brooklyn Paper
Over 200 NYC charter schools and 15,000 supporters marched to demand equitable access, defend charter expansion, and influence education policy ahead of the mayoral election.
Education
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month agoOntario's Grade 10 financial literacy test could discourage teens' interest in personal finances: experts | CBC News
Ontario's financial literacy graduation requirement, including a mandatory 70% test in Grade 10 math, may discourage students and overlook low-income experiences.
Austin
fromAustin Monitor
1 month agoMore than 2,000 Austin-area kids will get free or low-cost after-school care this year - Austin Monitor
Travis County funded free or low-cost after-school programs at 27 schools serving over 2,000 disadvantaged pre-K and elementary students after a 2024 tax increase.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months agoFewer pupils in less affluent English schools taking languages, survey finds
Ministers must make access to language learning a national priority, after research showed that children from more deprived areas of England are disproportionately denied the opportunity to learn a foreign language.
Education
fromWashington Post
3 years agoD.C.'s struggle to hire more diverse teachers - and keep them
"This gap should matter to us as it matters to the students who walk into the school every single day...how many stories our Latinx students and their families would be empowered to tell if there were more Latinx teachers to tell them to."
Education
fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 months agoLatest line: A good week for Jennifer Doudna, a bad week for Maria Su
Jennifer Doudna, who won the Nobel Prize in 2020 for her groundbreaking work in gene-editing, continues to be recognized, now with a supercomputer named after her at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
Silicon Valley
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