By Rebecca Gaunt Katie Rinderle, the Due West Elementary School teacher whose firing ignited a firestorm over books in Cobb County schools is appealing her August termination. Last March, Rinderle…
By Rebecca Gaunt Comments from the Cobb County School District denying any knowledge of staff concerns related to the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl, published in the Marietta Daily Journal Tuesday,…
by Sarah Eddy, Florida International University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Across the U.S., legislators are debating how and when sex and gender should be…
by Rebecca Gaunt About a dozen people stood outside Lassiter High School Friday morning in response to the district’s recent decision to pull two books from libraries across the district….
By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College We’re already into the first month of the new school year, and if you’re a parent, it probably feels like…
This article by Liz Szabo first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Liz Szabo, KFF Health News August 25, 2023 Juan Campos has been working to save at-risk…
By Rebecca Gaunt Students in Cobb County School District will likely miss out on the annual Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl this year due to recent events, including the firing of…
by Jordan Tama, American University School of International Service; Brian Kalt, Michigan State University, and Calvin Schermerhorn, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission]…
by Judith Stepan-Norris, University of California, Irvine and Jasmine Kerrissey, UMass Amherst, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] More than 323,000 workers – including nurses, actors,…
By Rebecca Gaunt Less than a week after the Cobb County Board of Education upheld the superintendent’s decision to fire a teacher for reading an LGBTQ+-themed book to her class,…