Public Education
Pittsburgh School District may hire controversial diversity consultant(The Center Square) – The Pittsburgh School District may soon hire a consultant who’s drawn scrutiny for its alleged critical race theory training. The district is reviewing a contract with… Read More
Public Education
San Fran school board approves big raises; then projects $610 million deficits(The Center Square) – The San Francisco Unified School District is projecting a combined spending deficit of almost $611 million in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years after giving out… Read More
Biden administration
Biden approves $1 billion in grants to combat ‘environmental injustice’ with shade trees(The Center Square) – To combat what is referred to as "environmental injustice," the Biden administration is giving out $1 billion in grants to put up trees in areas of… Read More
Economy
2023 could see highest number of people on food stamps since 2016(The Center Square) – The 2023 fiscal year is on track to average the highest number of individuals on food stamps in the U.S. since 2016. There were 42,329,101 on… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Public Schools gets 53% boost in per-pupil revenues, but academics lag(The Center Square) – Chicago’s mayor has talked about the amount of money invested in his city’s public schools and the Chicago teachers’ union has said the system has been… Read More