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Jalen Hurts donates $200K to fund air conditioning at Philadelphia schools

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is donating $200,000 to fund air conditioning at several schools in the Philadelphia School District. Officials announced the money will go to “improve the learning environment and comfort for students and staff” in 10 schools, Philly Voice reported. Hurts’ donation comes after Philadelphia schools were forced to close early due to high […]

Mass release of children from border has put ‘unprecedented’ strain on US schools

Tens of thousands of immigrant children who crossed the southern border alone and were released to an adult sponsor in the United States have been enrolled in public schools nationwide under President Joe Biden, putting educators in a bind. Over the past three years, more than 8 million people have been encountered at the southern border, including nearly 500,000 […]

US high schoolers want financial education, but many schools don’t offer it: survey

Jordan Belfort, author of “Investing Wolves” about New York, argued for politicization, promoting financial literacy in schools, and the importance of college degrees. A recent study by Intuit found that U.S. high school students want to learn about personal finance in school, but many do not have access to such courses in school and parents […]

English schools could lose £1bn by 2030 as pupil numbers fall | School funding

Schools in England could lose up to £1 billion in funding by 2030, researchers have warned, with an extraordinary drop in pupil numbers making some facilities financially unviable and threatening to close. The waves continue. Schools have already begun to merge or close in some areas of London, and the number of students has been […]

Seattle Public Schools is ‘reviewing’ comments of communist teacher who said that murder of Israelis on October 7th was justified

Seattle public schools Announced Communist Seattle public school teacher Ian Golash said he was “considering” inflammatory statements that seemed to justify the Oct. 7 killing of Israeli civilians by the terrorist group Hamas. Mr Golash is no stranger to controversy, telling students earlier this year that it was “uncomfortable” for them to identify as straight, […]

Schools seize on eclipse for rare learning opportunity — if they’re open

As schools across the country prepare millions of students for Monday’s solar eclipse, it’s an exciting opportunity for educators who see this as one of the few opportunities to bring space lessons to life. While many schools in the path of the eclipse are planning to close completely, others are getting into the spirit and […]

Wisconsin governor signs bill requiring schools to teach Asian American history 

Wisconsin’s governor has reportedly signed a bill requiring K-12 schools to teach Asian American history. release From the governor’s office. of invoiceThe bill, signed Thursday by Gov. Tony Evers (D), also requires schools to teach Hmong American history, according to a statement. In a release, Evers said:[t]The Hmong and Asian American communities are an important […]