by Lily Ogburn and Lance Wilhelm | May 16, 2024 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – When Irade Kashgary was a little girl, she fled East Turkestan with her parents out of fear they would disappear at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party like others in their town. Since leaving in 1999, they’ve never returned to their homeland. East...
by Grace Deng | Jan 27, 2022 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Thursday made the case for a “reset in education” strategies to address COVID-19-related stressors that have overwhelmed most students and teachers, but disproportionately impacted those already marginalized. “To my...
by Grace Deng | Jan 26, 2022 | Education, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — Virginia parents can now report teachers who they believe are covering “divisive” subjects, via a tip line announced on Monday by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. “Part of what education is meant to do is to take on divisive topics and to take on issues...
by Safiya Merchant | Mar 6, 2012 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — During his junior year in high school, Manny Galvez dropped out in order to get a job and help his sick mother pay the rent. Galvez also wanted to avoid the final presentation required of each student at the end of the semester. “I wasn’t good at...
