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Starting in 2026, a half-credit course in civics will be a diploma requirement for students in high school, such as at Portland's Benson Polytechnic High School. Senate Bill 513 requires a half credit civics course for an Oregon diploma, starting with the Class of 2026. It’s a frequent criticism of public schools — kids don’t learn civics. With questions in recent years springing up about voting rights and the powers of different branches of government, the calls for improved civics ...

The normalization of racial inequality is the clearest expression of the racial caste system that has characterized our country from its beginning. 

They’re coming for MCAS again, and maybe it’s about time Updated May 8, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Teachers union: Crucial time to call for less testing, more learning Re “Teachers union garbs its latest attack on MCAS in social-justice rhetoric. Don’t fall for it” (Editorial, May 2): It’s time to listen to Black and brown students, families, and educators who are challenging us to understand the racist roots of standardized testing. The high-stakes MCAS te...

The Biden era has offered a return to a more typical pattern — one that features frequent spin and obfuscation or exaggeration. He devotes little time to social media and rarely faces reporters or speaks off the cuff.

Letter writer call for more civic education of our students.

The North Carolina Constitution designates the legislature as the branch of government with the power to determine how state taxpayer dollars are collected and spent. It’s a fundamental fact taught to North Carolina schoolchildren as early as third grade. Recently, children and adults alike witnessed the courts uphold this principle in the long-running Leandro v. State of North Carolina case. The saga of Leandro – a school finance “adequacy” case about the state constitutional require...

Letter to the Editor: Minnesota is facing a civics education crisis Submitted by Darrin Anderson Crookston Times     I am a social studies teacher and the chairman of the Litchfield, Minn. school board.  I’ve watched with great interest the progress of a bill in the Minnesota legislature to increase accountability in civics. This bill, HF 562, would require that civics be taught for credit to juniors or seniors in high school.  Don’t we do that now, you might wonder?     Civics is n...

Lunch 4 Literacy turns 30; goes virtual because of the pandemic D. Ray Smith/Historically Speaking One of the most enjoyable and highly successful annual events in Oak Ridge celebrates its 30th anniversary with its Tuesday, March 23, 2021, virtual event at 11:30 a.m. It is the Lunch 4 Literacy event co-sponsored by Altrusa International of Oak Ridge and the Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club.  Our speaker this year, Ruta Sepetys, is a Lithuanian-American writer of historical fiction, a No.1 New Y...

The legislation package includes three new bills to address learning loss and support struggling students. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 10:59 PM EST January 14, 2021 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Governor Bill Lee announced new legislation to stop learning loss in Tennessee schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are three bills in the legislation package meant to help boost learning. The first bill, "Intervening to Stop Learning Loss," will require educators to interv...

The government on Thursday ordered Michigan State University to make sweeping changes and pay a $4.5 million fine after determining that it failed to adequately respond to sexual assault complaints against Larry Nassar, a campus sports doctor who molested elite gymnasts and other female athletes. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced the penalty after the conclusion of two federal investigations. She... King Sep 2, 2019 Clad in gas masks along with their formal white school...