American Civil Liberties Union: “Every day in our nation’s schools, children as young as five are charged with ‘crimes’ for everyday misbehavior.”
Alabama Public Radio: “A recent investigation by Education Week shows that in the 2013-2014 school year, about 110,000 students were physically punished nationwide. That’s in part because in some states … tens of thousands of students are paddled every year.”
CNN: “Nearly 1,500 economists extolled the economic benefits immigrants bring to the U.S. and urged Congress to ‘modernize’ the country’s immigration system.”
The Huffington Post: “While [cutting the Lead Risk Reduction Program] is just a proposal at the moment, one thing is clear: poor black people, especially children, would be hit the hardest.”
The Huffington Post: “‘Last-dollar free-college proposals such as the Excelsior Scholarship don’t address the college affordability inequities at play in our country.’”
National Public Radio: “Having just one black teacher in third, fourth or fifth grade reduced low-income black boys’ probability of dropping out of high school by 39 percent.”
National Public Radio: “The idea for ‘Latin History For Morons’ grew out of a tough chapter for [John Leguizamo’s] family when his young son was being bullied in part because of his Latino heritage.”
Newsweek: “‘On the surface, the argument is about bathrooms, but at a deeper level, it is about whether or not transgender students will be included in our public education system. … If transgender students cannot safely access a bathroom, they cannot safely attend school.’”
The New York Times: “New evidence indicates that schools have contributed to these disparities [within ‘gifted’ programs] by underestimating the potential of black and Hispanic children. But that can change.”
Salon: “‘This report finds that this funding [building, buying, leasing] is almost completely disconnected from educational policy objectives, and the results are, in turn, scattershot and haphazard. … Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent each year without any meaningful strategy.’”
The Washington Post: “Florida has channeled billions of taxpayer dollars into scholarships for poor children to attend private schools over the past 15 years, using tax credits to build a laboratory for school choice.”
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