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The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 27, 2025
Inclusion in the general education classroom is a human right Abby Taylor recently earned her doctorate in special education at Vanderbilt University, where Douglas Fuchs, the author of the controversial paper, is a professor. More than 160 people commented on one Reddit discussion about the story. Taylor emailed me.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
As someone who has had more school choice than I know what to do with, I can tell you what may feel like a shocking surprise: Private schools have the power to choose, not parents. I live inPhoenix, where the nearby town of Paradise Valley is getting ready to offer the privatization movement’s brand of choice to families.
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The Hechinger Report
JULY 1, 2022
The program uses taxpayer dollars to help rural families who live far from a public school attend a private school instead. Up for debate now is what the broader effects of the ruling might be, as well as its impact on public school funding.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Paul Public Schools, speaks with Yusanat Tway (right), a first-generation University of Minnesota student interested in attending law school but worried that work in human rights advocacy will not pay enough to justify the cost. We became community support, right off the bat,” he said of counselors.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 6, 2022
The median income is about $33,000 and almost a quarter of the population is considered to be living in poverty, a poverty that is concentrated in households sending children to the county’s public schools, where the vast majority of students qualify for free and reduced-price lunch. Some in town think schools should use it more often.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 8, 2021
For four years, opponents of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos deplored her private school priorities, so it was hardly expected she’d be hailed as a hero for a sudden epiphany disassociating herself from President Donald Trump and resigning. Related: Endangered public schools need federal leadership more than ever.
Dangerously Irrelevant
OCTOBER 15, 2020
Cozying up to dictators who commit human rights violations. A Department of Education that favors the 10 percent of students in private schools over the 90 percent in public schools. Gassing (and worse) of peaceful protesters exercising their First Amendment rights. Alienating our global allies.
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