Education Board Backs

Florida education officials report hundreds of books removed from schools

Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, among books pulled . Florida’s department of education has released a list of more than 700 books ...

World - The Guardian - November 13

Trump Doesn’t Care Enough About K-12 Education to Break It

Is the best we can hope for the failing status quo?

Top stories - The New York Times - 6 days ago

Trump wants to end 'wokeness' in education, vowing to use federal money as leverage

President-elect Donald Trump has a vision for education that revolves around a single goal: to rid America’s schools of perceived “wokeness” and “left-wing indoctrination.”

Can Trump dismantle the Department of Education? It won't be easy, experts say

"One thing I'll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education in Washington, D.C.," President-elect Trump vowed in 2023.

NI Education Authority halts £500m Fujitsu schools' contract

The contract was to provide a new IT system for all schools in Northern Ireland.

What a School Performance Shows Us About Japanese Education

A look into the Japanese educational system’s delicate balancing of teamwork, discipline and personal growth.

Top stories - The New York Times - 6 hours ago

Texts threatening deportation and 're-education' for gays stoke both fear and defiance

From Latino teens in Georgia to a lesbian Las Vegas business owner, they're the latest to receive offensive and disturbing text messages that the FBI is investigating.

What eliminating the Department of Education could mean for students, schools

President-elect Donald Trump has proposed a plan to eliminate the Department of Education to “send all education work and needs back to the States."

Trump expected to name Linda McMahon as education secretary pick

Sources tell CBS News that President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Linda McMahon to serve as secretary of the Department of Education. McMahon is Trump's transition co-chair and served ...

Trump names Linda McMahon as his pick for education secretary

McMahon, a former professional wrestling executive who is co-chair of Trump's transition team, led the Small Business Administration during Trump's first term.

Politics - NBC News - 2 hours ago

5 things to know about Linda McMahon, Trump's pick for Education secretary

President-elect Trump intends to nominate Linda McMahon, the head of the Small Business Administration (SBA) from his first term, to lead the Department of Education, which he has long threatened ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 hours ago

Trump picks WWE co-founder McMahon for education secretary

McMahon co-founded World Wrestling Entertainment in 1980, and has had close ties to Trump for decades.

Helicopter crashes into radio tower in Houston, killing 4 on board

A helicopter crashed into a radio tower near downtown Houston Sunday night, killing four people on board, including a child, fire officials said.

Disney makes the right pick to lead board as it searches for next CEO

Former Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman has experience in succession planning.

Business - CNBC - October 21

Widow accuses health board of 'letting families down' over deaths

Louise Slorance spoke before giving evidence to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry after the death of husband Andrew.

American Airlines' message to boarding group cheats: Wait your turn.

American Airlines is testing a new tool to stop passengers from boarding flights ahead of their assigned group.

American Airlines Cracks Down on ‘Gate Lice’ With New Boarding System

American Airlines is testing a technology platform that will produce a sound when a passenger attempts to board a flight ahead of the assigned group.

Business - The New York Times - October 24

Southwest Airlines beats on revenue by a wide margin, names new board members

Southwest reported a relatively big revenue beat and reached an agreement with activist investor Elliott to add new board members.

Business - MarketWatch - October 24

Train derails on Norway's north coast with at least 50 people on board

World - Yahoo News - October 24

Biden to Apologize for Indian Boarding Schools Where Hundreds of Children Died

President Biden’s trip to the battleground state of Arizona will be the first time an American president has apologized for the abuses that happened at the schools over a period of 150 years.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 25

Biden apology: What were the Native American boarding schools?

Joe Biden is set on Friday to become the first president to apologize for a 150-year policy that sent thousands of Native American children to boarding schools in an attempt to assimilate them to ...

Politics - The Hill - October 25

Biden to apologize to Native Americans for U.S. boarding school atrocities

President Biden is in Arizona Friday where he's expected to apologize to Native Americans for atrocities that took place at U.S. government-run boarding schools. CBS News congressional ...

Biden apologizes for Native American children forced into federal boarding schools

His visit to Arizona's Gila River Indian Community was his first as president.

Interior Secretary Haaland applauds Biden apology for Indigenous boarding schools

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland applauds President Joe Biden for leading federal apology for Indigenous boarding schools.

Biden apologizes for forced Native American boarding school policy

President Joe Biden delivered an apology for a United States policy that forcibly separated generations of indigenous children from their families for more than 150 years and sent them to federally ...

Biden becomes first president to apologize for Native American boarding school policy

President Biden apologized Friday for Native American boarding schools that were part of U.S. policy for 150 years and stripped children away from their tribes and culture. “The federal ...