As more #families opt for charter and private #schools or #homeschooling in the wake of the #pandemic, cities around the country are shuttering schools. The effects fall hardest on majority-Black schools and special-needs students. #News #Education #Government #CharterSchools #Teachers #Kids
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The Unequal Effects of School Closings
As more families opt for charter and private schools or homeschooling in the wake of the pandemic, cities around the country are shuttering schools...
Why It’s So Hard to Find a Therapist Who Takes #Insurance == Those who need #therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have #health insurance. Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made their jobs impossible and their lives miserable. #News #HealthCare #MentalHealth #Government #Business #Law #Doctors #Hospital #Patients
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Why I Left the Network
Those who need therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have health insurance. Hundreds of mental health providers ...
The #plastics industry has heralded a type of #chemical #recycling it claims could replace new shopping bags and candy wrappers with recycled ones — but not much is being recycled at all, and this method won’t curb the #plastic crisis. #News #Video #Environment #EPA #Business #Oil #Chemicals #Government
#DOJ Files #Antitrust Suit Against RealPage, Maker of Rent-Setting #Algorithm == The suit, which comes in the wake of a ProPublica investigation into the #Texas company, accuses RealPage of taking part in an illegal price-fixing scheme to reduce competition among #landlords to boost prices — and profits. #News #Housing #RealEstate #Apartments #Government #Business
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DOJ Files Antitrust Suit Against Maker of Rent-Setting Algorithm
The lawsuit, which comes in the wake of a ProPublica investigation into the Texas company, accuses RealPage of taking part in an illegal price-fixi...
A 10-Year-Old Pointed a Finger Gun. The Principal Kicked Him Out of His #Tennessee School for a Year. == A 2023 state #law requires a yearlong expulsion for any student who threatens mass violence on school property. But some #students have been kicked out even when school officials determined that the threat was not credible. #News #Education #Guns #GunViolence #Kids #Schools #Government
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A 10-Year-Old Pointed a Finger Gun. The Principal Kicked Him Out of His Tennessee School for a Year.
A 2023 state law requires a yearlong expulsion for any student who threatens mass violence on school property. But some students have been kicked o...
Rounding up migrants, “friendly” sheriff lists and debating political assassinations. Those are just some of the topics Three Percenters militia leaders discussed in more than 100,000 private messages obtained by ProPublica’s Joshua Kaplan.
In a Town Full of Segregation Academies, One Black #Family Grapples With the Best #School Choice for Their Daughter == Schools in Macon, #Georgia, are still largely segregated. Zo’e Johnson’s family is torn over whether they can afford for her to stay at her mostly white private school — and whether the cost makes sense. #News #Education #Schools #Teachers #Families #Children #Students #Government
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In a Town Full of Segregation Academies, One Black Family Grapples With the Best School Choice for Their Daughter
Schools in Macon, Georgia, are still largely segregated. Zo’e Johnson’s family is torn over whether they can afford for her to stay at her most...
A Vexing To-Do List for Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer == As the governor, now a rising #Democratic star, finishes out her final term, key populist pledges have been unfulfilled and her #presidential resume is still being written. #Michigan #Politics #News #Government
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A Vexing To-Do List for Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer
As the governor, now a rising Democratic star, finishes out her final term, key populist pledges have been unfulfilled and her presidential resume ...
WATCH: A great-grandmother desegregated public schools 60 years ago. Her great-granddaughter now attends one of the private schools created as white families fled desegregation.
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