Yesterday, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed two complaints with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), urging an investigation into Georgia’s Cobb County School District and Florida’s Collier County Public School District. The complaint alleges that both districts have created a hostile environment for students through practices that include censoring […]
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Appropriate on Not: Teacher live streams students taking down his hair.
In a now-viral 4-minute clip, a male middle school teacher, Mr.Marquise White (TikTok: JaQ Lee), showed a clip on TikTok where four female students were taking down his braids. The video, live-streamed ten minutes before dismissal, was viewed over 14,000 times and shared all over Instagram, TikTok, and X—the video was an instant topic of […]
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Celebrating Neurodiversity: The Impact of ‘Love on the Spectrum'”
In recent years, there has been a remarkable push for diversity and inclusivity in the media. As a special educator specializing in autism, I have often felt saddened by the lack of autism representation in the media in the midst of this new media revolution. Recently, I came across the Netflix series “Love on the […]
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Educators are All tortured poets, just like Taylor Swift
In case you’ve been living under a rock, perhaps in the form of ungraded student work that’s slowly suffocating you, Taylor Swift came out with her eleventh studio album, All Tortured Poets, last month. She is, of course, best known for her songs about love, relationships, and heartbreak. But they’re not just about breakups, but […]
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ACLU issues letter to college and university presidents about student protests
In an open letter to college presidents in response to student protests, the ACLU executive director stressed the essentiality of academic freedom and free speech and the need for universities to protect them. Currently, there are students protesting around the world in response to what they see as the extreme measures Israel has taken in […]
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School Shootings: When the drills become real
Within twelve days, The Dallas-Fort Worth area has experienced two school shootings. The first shooting occurred at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas, Texas, on April 12, 2024. A teenage boy was shot in the leg by a 17-year-old, who sneaked a .38 revolver into the school, past several metal detectors. A Wilmer-Hutchins teacher’s courageous efforts […]
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Biden-Harris Administration announces changes to school nutrition menus
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced changes to school nutrition guidelines impacting the meals students are served in schools across America. In an announcement on Wednesday, Secretary Tom Vilsack announced six major steps to take between Fall 2025 and Fall 2027 to school nutrition in schools, which include less sugar and greater flexibility with […]
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Tennessee moves to arm teachers with guns with Senate Bill 1325
On April 9, the Tennessee House Republicans passed Senate Bill 1325 with a 68-28 vote that will make it legal for some teachers and school staff to carry guns inside the classroom and stop parents and other teachers from knowing who was armed. Senate Bill 1325 reads as…Teachers, Principals and School Personnel – As introduced, […]