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Alabama GOP Candidate Who Attended ‘Segregation Academy’ Pushes For Defunding Public Schools

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Alabama GOP Candidate Who Attended ‘Segregation Academy’ Pushes For Defunding Public Schools

Alabama Republican congressional candidate Caroleene Dobson, who has been vocal about her support of school choice on the campaign trail, graduated from a private, so-called “segregation academy,” in 2005. Dobson, who is in a heated race in the newly court-drawn 2nd Congressional District against Democrat Shomari Figures, graduated from Monroe Academy, a private school in … Read more

Education Secretary Names Latest ‘Boogeyman’ To Divide Schools

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Education Secretary Names Latest ‘Boogeyman’ To Divide Schools

WASHINGTON ― U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Tuesday that he believes attacks on diversity programs in public schools are part of a larger campaign to “decrease the confidence in our public schools.” In a roundtable discussion with Black journalists at the Department of Education building in Washington, Cardona referred to the rollback as a … Read more