Censorship leader: More than 40 percent of U.S. book bans took place in Florida

By Jake Johnson

As local media withers, student journalists are starting to fill the gap

By Richard Watts

West Virginia lawmakers are pushing “intelligent design” into public schools

By Heather L. Weaver

Democrats haven’t realized that you can’t defend democracy without explaining it

By Jim Carroll

To counter right-wing authoritarianism, the center-left must articulate a broad vision of a progressive society

Remote instruction is back in some areas, even as the digital divide never disappeared

By Nadra Nittle

School districts have stocked up on computers but broadband access remains a problem as a Covid surge sends some systems remote

State lawmakers aren’t just trying to ban ‘critical race theory,’ they’re trying to ban educating about race

By Emerson Sykes and Sarah Hinger

America’s teachers have been bearing the brunt of politicians’ pandemic mistakes

By Steven Singer

Through every twist and turn of the Covid-19 pandemic, teachers have been at the center of the storm

Christian supremacist group targets Houston-area school board elections, aims for national effort

By Peter Montgomery

Extremist group leader Rick Scarborough hopes to take over Texas school boards to ban ‘critical race theory’ teaching

Biden administration says it will take steps to protect schools from GOP governors who ban Covid safety procedures

By Julia Conley

Education Department says it will use federal relief funds to fill offsets caused by state governments and also pursue civil rights investigations on behalf of students

Right-wing groups training activists to take over school boards as part of ‘critical race theory’ campaign strategy

By Peter Montgomery

Wealthy Republican-affiliated groups are raising money to “train” candidates to run for office as the GOP seeks a second Tea Party movement