Taxpayers don’t have a choice when it comes to their money funding a largely unregulated and underperforming industry at the expense of public schools.
A review of “Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past,” edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer.
Adjuncts like me (I teach journalism) struggle to earn enough to cover our bills, including health insurance.
Much of Black history in this country isn’t easy to learn, teach, or digest — there is nothing comfortable about it. But the point isn’t to make students feel “guilty.” It’s to help them learn.
The district’s proposed map disenfranchises 6,000 voters and violates the ‘one person one vote’ 14th Amendment principle.
UPDATE: “After contacting the Board of Elections, my last day [as a Council Rock school board member] is being moved to Feb. 9 to ensure the primary petition process can occur,” State Rep. Kristin Marcell told Newtown Patch in an email this afternoon. She failed to return our reporter’s call. The original article follows.
The newly proposed map would provide electors the ability to vote every two years – versus four – for school board directors.
Many charter school businesses use public tax dollars to profit from real estate dealings rather than actually focusing on student needs.
“The Summit is geared to help students learn a little history of the growth of American democracy and justice as an ongoing process,” said The Peace Center’s Executive Director Danny L. Thomas.
Nuclear war is a real and present danger that we must acknowledge and confront, writes Ira Helfand.
Founder James Lamb said print media was a void that needed to be filled. “I just really like a physical, handheld thing that can be saved, that can migrate when I drop one at the bus stop.”
The Trump administration wants to scoop up voter registration lists and other election data from all 50 states.
The nonpartisan voting rights organization wants everyone in the county to be registered, educated, engaged and active voters.
The closure is expected to have a profound impact on the journalistic and cultural landscape — in particular, public radio and TV stations in small communities across the United States.
