#Illinois School Districts Sent Kids to a For-Profit Out-of-State Facility That Isn’t Vetted or Monitored
A state #law was meant to help #families by allowing the use of public money to fund students’ tuition at special education boarding #schools around the country.
But in solving one problem, lawmakers created another.
“By a slim margin, #Dartmouth undergraduate #students have voted ‘no confidence’ in President Sian Leah Beilock’s leadership in the wake of a controversial crackdown on pro-[#Palestine] #protesters earlier this month, Dartmouth Student #Government announced on Wednesday.
A demonstrator looks on as law enforcement officers deployed to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) stand guard, after protesters against the war in Gaza surrounded the physical sciences lecture hall, in Irvine, California. REUTERS/Mike Blake
A student wears a statement on their cap in support of Palestinians during a graduation ceremony at Columbia University Journalism Schoo in New York City. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
A Gaza solidarity demonstrator gives a flower to police officers deployed to the University of California, Irvine [UC Irvine] campus on May 15, 2024 [Mike Blake/Reuters]
Police officers at the University of California, Irvine [UC Irvine] move towards students protesting against Israel’s war in Gaza, on May 15, 2024 [Mike Blake/Reuters]
She Campaigned for a #Texas School Board Seat as a #GOP Hard-Liner. Now She’s Rejecting Her Party’s Extremism.
Courtney Gore, a Granbury ISD school board member, has disavowed the far-right platform she campaigned on after finding no evidence that #students were being indoctrinated by the district’s curriculum. Her defiance has brought her backlash.
The US media vilifies liberal universities as if they were the bastions of antisemitism. But these universities are the safest places for Jews only second to synagogues. The far-right has been successfully attacking universities in red states and is now using antisemitism (any criticism of Israeli policies and solidarity with Palestinians) to crack down on academic freedom in blue states. They care very little about real #antisemitism.
MSNBC and Hillary Clinton are joining the far-right smear campaign against liberal universities. She calls students ignorant and that they don’t know any history. Does history justify genocide? She must believe that “will to power” justifies violence.
The Clintons are the worst kind of Democrats. Bill abandoned the American working classes for money and Hillary is throwing liberal institutions under the bus. #gaza#protest#students
Riot police officers clash with pro-Palestinian protestors during a rally in support of Palestinians outside the Egyptian Embassy in Athens on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP]
New research/polling from The Sutton Trust outlines the impact of the cost of living crisis on students & their experience of university.
Around two-thirds of students have needed to take on part-time work while studying, with an impact on their studies including missed classes as well as missed assignment deadlines.
While more evident for students from the most deprived areas, many rich(er) students also need to work to survive university.
#Students in the US are not just setting up #encampments to show solidarity with the #Palestinians but using their #graduation ceremonies to highlight the plight of the people of Palestine.