Amanda Geduld

4 weeks ago | the74million.org | Amanda Geduld

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter In a televised interview this weekend, Education Secretary Linda McMahon told CNN’s Dana Bash, “It’s unacceptable where education is in our country today.” Citing poor test scores, she made clear her plan: shutter the department she heads, in compliance with President Donald Trump’s March 20 executive order.

1 month ago | the74million.org | Amanda Geduld

An amendment that would give West Virginia parents much greater leeway to exempt their children from mandated school vaccinations was deleted from a House bill at the last minute this week, but the prospect of far fewer students in the state getting immunized remains strong. As written, the West Virginia bill would still expand and loosen requirements for medical exemptions for students, making them “the broadest … in the country,” one advocate said.

1 month ago | the74million.org | Amanda Geduld

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter When a 19-year-old college freshman at the University of Nebraska Lincoln got an email last month asking her to meet in a classroom on campus with her fellow teachers-in-training for an announcement, she had a sinking feeling the news wouldn’t be good. She and 15 other students had started at the college that fall in the hopes of studying to become highly effective educators.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Amanda Geduld

When a 19-year-old college freshman at the University of Nebraska Lincoln got an email last month asking her to meet in a classroom on campus with her fellow teachers-in-training for an announcement, she had a sinking feeling the news wouldn’t be good. She and 15 other students had started at the college that fall in the hopes of studying to become highly effective educators. Many of them planned to return to their rural communities after graduation to help fill a gaping teacher shortage.

1 month ago | the74million.org | Linda Jacobson |Mark Keierleber |Greg Toppo |Amanda Geduld

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter A purge of U.S. Department of Education staff Tuesday night left deep cuts to programs long critical to its mission, from investigating student discrimination complaints to measuring academic performance.