Public Education

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Feel free to republish and share widely. The GOP's nationwide war on public education—specifically the teaching of race, U.S. history, and LGBTQ+ identities—has led to a 250% spike in state-level "educational gag order" bills this year, according to a report published Wednesday by the free expression group PEN America.

Republicans have mounted an “attack on education” in 2022, according to a report, as lawmakers have introduced a soaring number of bills aimed at limiting classroom discussion of race and LGBTQ+ issues. The number of “educational gag orders” introduced has increased by 250% compared with 2021, according to...

“Report Envisions Shortage of Teachers as Retirements Escalate” screams the headline from the New York Times. “Over the next four years, more than a third of the nation’s 3.2 million teachers could retire, depriving classrooms of experienced instructors and straining taxpayer-financed retirement systems, according to a new report,” reads the lede. But it’s the headline […]

Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano has shared his vision for overhauling education funding that calls for directing dollars to students instead of systems. He wants to create accounts that would allow families to choose the best educational option for their child. He proposes lowering the per-student funding amount from $19,000 to $9,000 or $10,000, along with eliminating property taxes.

DOUGLASS (Mont.) — Christian Nascimento does not disagree with the renewable energy or the prescription drug price reduction goals of the “Inflation Reduction Act” President Joe Biden signed Tuesday night, he just thinks Congress is taking a patchwork approach that should be better planned out. Nascimento, the...