CPS teachers get in heated feud after one hangs African American doll from cord in classroom
Whitney Young Principal Joyce Kenner said in an email Tuesday that an official incident report was filed after the dustup and said the school would follow “the official disciplinary protocol established by Chicago Public Schools.” Two teachers at Whitney Young Magnet High School swore at each other during a heated argument in front of students […]
School apologizes after teacher leads preschoolers in chant slamming Biden – Action News Jax
A private school in California is apologizing over an incident where a preschool teacher led her students in a chant calling for the ouster of President Joe Biden, The Washington Post is reporting. A video showed a teacher at Turning Point Christian School in Norco, California, asking the students, “Who’s our president?” “Biden,” the students […]
‘We want him out’: Controversy brews after video shows Norco preschoolers chanting against Biden
A President’s Day lesson turned controversial when a Norco parent saw video of her daughter among students chanting “we want him out” after her teacher asked the class who the president is and “what do we want to do with him?” Video of the 4 and 5 year olds chanting the political statement about Joe […]
19 children sent to hospital after SUV crashes into California day care, authorities say – USA Today
REDDING, Calif. — At least 19 children and one employee were sent to the hospital with injuries after a SUV crashed into a day care center in Anderson, California, on Thursday afternoon, police said. Hospital officials said that at least two children were taken to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento for admission to the pediatric intensive care unit. One […]
Video captures lizard on the loose at South Carolina preschool – WYFF
Some Upstate kids got quite an exciting show this week when a lizard “got loose” during a program at an Anderson preschool. But don’t worry, it was all part of the act. (Watch the video above) An Upstate man known as the ‘Critter Keeper’ is an animal entertainer.He visits birthday parties, schools and churches and […]
Child care costs keeping many women from returning to work – CBS News
Topeka, Kansas — The labor force now has 1 million fewer women than it did when the pandemic began — and childcare has been cited as one of the major reasons why, according to the National Women’s Law Center. The cost of child care now amounts to 31% of the average income for women. “That’s […]
Advocates for affordable housing, all-day kindergarten in Utah say they’ve been short-funded
SALT LAKE CITY — Advocates for affordable housing and all-day kindergarten say the Utah State Legislature is not fully funding bills that would greatly help Utahns. At a news conference on the Utah State Capitol steps on Tuesday, advocates for the homeless and affordable housing complained that lawmakers had only funded $55 million of the […]
What parents need to succeed in academia and how universities can help – Times Higher Education
The challenges for parents working in higher education are many and they are not new. And while both men and women can and do take on primary care responsibility for children, research demonstrates that – on average – mothers continue to do the lion’s share of domestic labour and childcare, whether in a heterosexual partnership […]
Texas parents sue after being investigated for trans child’s care | WAVY.com
(NEXSTAR) – Less than one week after a directive from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to pursue child abuse investigations for parents who help their transgender children get gender-affirming care, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is doing it. On Tuesday, the parents of a 16 year-old trans child filed a lawsuit after they […]