Jan 20 Students in ‘MAGA’ hats mock Native American after rally By Adam Beam, Brian Melley, Associated Press A diocese in Kentucky apologized Saturday after videos emerged showing students from a Catholic boys’ high school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial after a rally in Washington. Continue reading
Jan 18 Pence defends wife’s teaching job at school that bars gays By Associated Press Pence is responding to media reports of his wife returning to teach at a school that says it can refuse to employ gay and lesbian teachers or enroll children with gay or lesbian parents. Continue reading
Jan 18 Los Angeles teachers’ strike enters 5th day amid talks By Christopher Weber, Associated Press Clashes over pay, class sizes and support-staff levels in the Los Angeles school district with 640,000 students led to its first strike in 30 years. Continue reading
Jan 15 Teacher strikes stem from similar struggles across the nation By Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press Teacher shortages, low pay, the pressures of standardized testing and the rise of alternatives to traditional public schools… Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch 7:13 Why Los Angeles teachers are on strike, for the first time in decades Tens of thousands of teachers in Los Angeles went on strike Monday after months-long contract negotiations stalled. It’s the first strike in that huge school district, which extends 700 square miles, in three decades. Special correspondent Mary MacCarthy talks to… Continue watching
Jan 14 Los Angeles teachers go on strike but schools stay open with substitutes By Christopher Weber, Associated Press Educators and parents wearing ponchos and rain boots and carrying umbrellas gathered downtown to march from City Hall to district headquarters in the pouring rain, pressing for higher pay and smaller class sizes that the district says could bankrupt the… Continue reading
Jan 14 Opinion: Charter schools are draining LA’s public schools. That’s why I’m on strike By Adriana Chavira On paper, my school looks good. But we fight a constant battle against low enrollment due to competition from charter schools. Continue reading
Jan 09 Los Angeles teachers strike looms in nation’s second-largest school district By Christopher Weber, Associated Press Teachers in Los Angeles are preparing to strike Thursday to demand higher pay and smaller class sizes. Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch 6:34 This scholarship program gives students more than money By Fred de Sam Lazaro The success of college scholarship recipients across the country varies widely. A program in Minnesota boasts a four-year graduation rate one and a half times better than the national average. Recipients come from the most economically disadvantaged families in Minnesota,… Continue watching
Jan 03 For-profit college company agrees to erase $500 million in student debt By Collin Binkley, Associated Press State attorneys general called the agreement a victory for students, saying it will provide debt relief to more than 179,000 borrowers across the country. Continue reading