First Look Even after CROWN Act, Texas student suspended for dreadlocks In the same week that Texas passed the CROWN Act prohibiting discrimination on the basis of hair, Darryl George – a Black high school student – was suspended because his dreadlocks violated his district’s dress code. | View caption Hide caption | The same week…
First Look DACA back on the docket: Texas federal judge rules program illegal DACA was declared illegal by a federal judge from the District Court in Southern Texas. The declaration accompanies lawsuits from nine Southern states and does not end protection for dreamers, yet seeks to undermine the program through the Supreme Court. | View…
Respect Education ‘So much need’: How one group is helping teachers with mental health | View caption Hide caption What’s the best way to show support and respect for educators? For one group in Colorado, the answer is to provide free mental health care that empowers teachers. “I often make the reflection of: ‘Yes. On…
First Look For New York’s migrant families, a new school year brings worry, hope New York City, like other major U.S. cities, is dealing with housing thousands of asylum-seekers amid surging border crossings from Mexico. Despite the strain, New York’s schools confirm their readiness for the increasing influx of students. | View caption Hide caption…
One way to boost math scores? Help teachers conquer their math anxiety. | View caption Hide caption “I am Wendi. Wendi is me,” said Ivory McCormick, a kindergarten teacher from Atlanta. Several educators in the classroom identified with Wendi, and that was the point. Decades of research shows that math anxiety is a common problem…
1 Erdogan and Putin meet in effort to rejuvenate Ukraine grain deal Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Monday to discuss Russia’s potential re-entry into the Black Sea grain deal. The agreement, which allows grain from Ukraine to be shipped to food-scarce countries around the world, was upended this past July…
LOS ANGELES — Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, two of Danny Masterson’s best-known co-stars from “That ’70s Show,” went to bat for the convicted rapist before he was hit with a 30 years to life prison sentence for sexually assaulting two women at his Hollywood Hills home two decades ago. So did other actors on…
Community Europe How a Buddhist-inspired high school is boosting Hungary’s Roma | View caption Hide caption In a Hungarian high school, members of the long-oppressed Roma community are taking inspiration from the way another such group, the Dalits in India, set its sights on reform and took control of finding a better future. Dr. Ambedkar…
West Virginia University officials recently proposed sweeping cuts at its flagship Morgantown campus, startling faculty members and students alike. The “financially beleaguered” state-funded public university proposed eliminating 169 faculty positions and dropping nearly three dozen undergraduate and graduate programs, per Inside Higher Ed. This includes “the entirety of the department of world languages, literatures and…
HONG KONG — Local Chinese officials trying to encourage earlier marriages are offering an incentive that all newlywed couples can appreciate: cash. Couples who marry while the bride is 25 years old or younger will get a reward of 1,000 yuan ($137), officials in Changshan county, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, said last week…