Education issues

Poor, minority students at dilapidated schools face added risks amid talk of reopening classrooms

Hardy MurphyJuly 31, 2020 GMT

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With anti-Semitism on the rise again, there are steps everyone can take to counter it

Jamie Levine DanielOctober 25, 2019 GMT

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Powerful Koch network taking on school choice with new group

By SALLY HOJuly 11, 2019 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch's powerful network that's known for influencing state policy is now targeting education issues like school choice as the movement battles a new wave of hostility from Democrats who oppose charter schools and private school vouchers that use taxpayer money...

A focus on western Greenwich in the second Board of Ed debate

Emilie MunsonOctober 12, 2017 GMT

GREENWICH — Candidates for the Board of Education engaged in an at-times fiery debate Wednesday night over racial balance, the future of New Lebanon School, smaller class sizes, common core, charter change and a 10-year vision for Greenwich Public Schools.