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Earlier in the pandemic, Wisconsin Republicans brought legal challenges to shutdowns meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Three years into the crisis, decisions regarding school closures around the United States are being revisited in Congress. Republicans used a hearing this week to question American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. ...
Libraries across the country have been in the news lately, mostly for efforts to ban books. But this has been National Library Week, and they're focused on a lot of other, more positive priorities as well. In Georgia, that means supporting student literacy as summer approaches. ...
The Indiana House and Senate approved legislation Thursday designed to ban school library material some might deem "obscene" or objectionable. State law already allows parents and community members to ask school boards to review books with content considered to be "harmful to minors." Nonetheless, Republicans who control both chambers of the Indiana Statehouse inserted the language -- at the last-minute and behind closed doors -- with no opportunity for amendments or additional input from constituents. Rep. ...
GOP lawmakers are re-evaluating policies about how and why schools closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Critics of the effort say it's a back-handed attempt to weaken teachers' unions. This week in the U.S. ...
Hundreds of advocates for higher education will gather in Springfield today, where they will lobby in support of what they call a transformative reinvestment in public colleges and universities. Students, staff and faculty are urging lawmakers to pass the Cherish Act, which would create a system of debt-free higher education for every resident of the Commonwealth and ensure better pay for faculty and staff. Max Page, president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, said the bill would also improve outdated and underfunded campus infrastructure. ...