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Education
Conservative Education Activists Have a New Target: Math Class
By Steven Yoder
03.19.26 | 8:00 am
Lynn - 10/24/19 -   A classroom at the Pickering Middle School.  As Beacon Hill lawmakers debate boosting to the state's school spending formula, we explore the limits to how much the extra money can do in the North Shore city of Lynn, particularly when it comes to special education programming and the district's aging and deteriorating schools.  (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter:  (Meghan Irons)  Topic: (xxlynn) Lynn - 10/24/19 -   A classroom at the Pickering Middle School.  As Beacon Hill lawmakers debate boosting to the state's school spending formula, we explore the limits to how much the extra money can do in the North Shore city of Lynn, particularly when it comes to special education programming and the district's aging and deteriorating schools.  (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter:  (Meghan Irons)  Topic: (xxlynn)
Probes Into Racism in Schools Stall Under Trump
By Meredith Kolodner
01.19.26 | 7:00 am
3 States Are Challenging Precedent Against Posting the Ten Commandments in Public Schools
By Charles J. Russo and Lydia Artz
12.05.25 | 12:00 pm
At Moms for Liberty Summit, Parents Are Urged to Turn Their Grievances Into Lawsuits
By Laura Pappano
10.27.25 | 11:56 am
The Trump Administration Is Leveraging the Shutdown to Gut the Office of Special Education Programs
By Christina A. Samuels
10.20.25 | 12:32 pm
STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT - OCTOBER 21: A kindergarten room sits empty at Rogers International School as students from that class quarantine at home, according to parents, on October 21, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut. Stamford Public Schools announced the previous week that a member of the school community had tested positive for COVID-19, although few details were given to the school at large. The school district is continuing the fall semester with a hybrid model, with in-class learning every other day and distance learning at home. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT - OCTOBER 21: A kindergarten room sits empty at Rogers International School as students from that class quarantine at home, according to parents, on October 21, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut. Stamford Public Schools announced the previous week that a member of the school community had tested positive for COVID-19, although few details were given to the school at large. The school district is continuing the fall semester with a hybrid model, with in-class learning every other day and distance learning at home. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
Top Trump Education Officials Are Dismantling Public Schools: ‘We’re Going to Have a Lot of Empty School Buildings’
By Jennifer Smith Richards
10.08.25 | 12:49 pm
Lynn - 10/24/19 -   A classroom at the Pickering Middle School.  As Beacon Hill lawmakers debate boosting to the state's school spending formula, we explore the limits to how much the extra money can do in the North Shore city of Lynn, particularly when it comes to special education programming and the district's aging and deteriorating schools.  (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter:  (Meghan Irons)  Topic: (xxlynn) Lynn - 10/24/19 -   A classroom at the Pickering Middle School.  As Beacon Hill lawmakers debate boosting to the state's school spending formula, we explore the limits to how much the extra money can do in the North Shore city of Lynn, particularly when it comes to special education programming and the district's aging and deteriorating schools.  (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter:  (Meghan Irons)  Topic: (xxlynn)
Scandal-Plagued Oklahoma Schools Chief Ryan Walters Steps Down to Lead Anti-Teachers Union Group
By Linda Jacobson
09.26.25 | 12:38 pm
Poor, Conservative School Districts Are Getting Hit Hard By the GOP’s Funding Freeze
Ashe County, North Carolina, and thousands of other school districts are preparing to lose some federal money after a freeze on nearly $7 billion in funding over the summer.
By Ariel Gilreath
09.22.25 | 7:15 am
A classroom with 46 desks is filled to capacity at Palmer Park Preparatory Academy in Detroit on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. (Kimberly P. Mitchell/Detroit Free Press/TNS) A classroom with 46 desks is filled to capacity at Palmer Park Preparatory Academy in Detroit on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. (Kimberly P. Mitchell/Detroit Free Press/TNS)
TV Nudity Scandal, Impeachment Calls, a Meeting No-Show: Troubles Pile Up for Oklahoma’s MAGA Schools Chief
By Nadra Nittle
09.09.25 | 1:31 pm
Empty chairs and desks in a high school classroom (Photo by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images) Empty chairs and desks in a high school classroom (Photo by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)
How the Christian Right Hijacked the Fight for Sex Ed in America’s Public Schools
By Margaret Grace Myers
08.21.25 | 7:00 am
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