对于纽约市和美国的成千上万的学生来说，学校是唯一获得定期进餐，住宿，医疗和其他重要服务的地方。
As the number of cases of COVID-19 in the tri-state area rises to over 150, Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a state of emergency across New York State. Local universities like Hofstra, Columbia and Yeshiva have shut their doors on students today. But the city has no plans to close public k-12 schools – because tens of thousands of homeless
“很少找到一个正常的孩子，即使是在幼儿园的孩子。无论是在家还是在学校;像投降，战机，射击，敌人，杀人和卡拉什尼科夫这样的词语经常被听到，因为孩子们在一起玩耍。” – 也门社会工作者阿斯玛Juhaff。
SADAA, YEMEN -- September is the month when students around the world head back to school and, despite enduring years of brutal war, Yemen’s children are no exception. In the Khulah School in the northern city of Sadaa, fifth-grader Saleem Ahmed Mutaher sits on the floor with about 70 other students, his mind distracted by the pain of sitting on a
The over-reliance on law enforcement in the nation’s schools is reflective of a national attitude — one that is in dire need of adjusting.
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – Last month a video emerged of a La Mesa police officer violently slamming a 17-year-old student onto the ground at a San Diego charter school. The juvenile, who had complained of feeling ill, was accused by a teacher of being on drugs. When the student consented to a search of her belongings, no drugs were found but some
Oil companies are capitalizing on under-funded schools to push a revisionist, pro-fossil-fuel agenda.
The “Oil to School” pipeline, the fossil-fuel industry’s effort to pour pro-petrol propaganda into K-12 classrooms, is more widespread and pernicious than previously thought, a new investigation shows. Oil can exploit the fact that schools are underfunded, and provide resources and then take the opportunity to write the resources which somehow
Schools across the city saw teachers participating in rallies under the banner “Black Lives Matter at School” to urge racial justice in U.S. education.
At least 2,000 Seattle teachers sported Black Lives Matter shirts at schools across the city Wednesday as part of several rallies under the banner of “Black Lives Matter at School” in order to push for racial justice in education in the United States. The purpose of the day was to affirm that “Black lives matter in the public schools,” according
Harvard researchers estimate toxic PCBs may be present in up to 26,000 U.S. schools.
Millions of children in the U.S. are being exposed to deadly polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, in their schools, despite the fact that such chemicals have been banned for decades. That's according to a new report from Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) that analyzed Harvard research and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data, and which also
