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Dalia Marquez from Venezuela is OD Young Person of the Month – November 2025 – Opportunity Desk
Dalia Fernanda Márquez Añez is a Venezuelan lawyer, human rights defender, environmentalist, feminist, and peacebuilder. With a Master’s degree in […]
November 1, 2025
WEEKEND READING: The Renters’ Rights Act: How will students’ tenancies change and when?
This blog was kindly authored by Martin Blakey, the former Chief Executive of the student housing charity Unipol and a […]
November 1, 2025
Child care crisis deepens as funding slashed for poor families
by Jackie Mader, The Hechinger Report November 1, 2025 The first hint of trouble for McKinley Hess came in August. […]
November 1, 2025
Clear and Present Danger – A history of free speech
Why have kings, emperors, and governments killed and imprisoned people to shut them up? And why have countless people risked […]
October 31, 2025
This District’s AI Policy Applies to Everyone
Artificial intelligence is beginning to make its way into nearly every job within a school district. That’s why policies and […]
October 31, 2025
‘Would You Protect Me?’ Educators Weigh What to Do If ICE Detained a Student
For months now, April Leachman, a middle school science teacher in Dallas, Ga., has been addressing fears and concerns from […]
October 31, 2025
Would Educators Advocate for a Student Who Was Detained by ICE? See New Data
As immigration enforcement ramps up across the country, the possibility of federal agents detaining immigrant students off campus grows. That […]
October 31, 2025
Court Rejects Discipline of Student Whose Post Mocked George Floyd’s Death
A federal appeals court has reversed the discipline of a New York state high school student over an off-campus social […]
October 31, 2025
How One District Made Pickleball an Inclusive Varsity Sport
In Maryland’s Montgomery County school district, “corollary sports” are an opportunity for students with disabilities to play a school sport […]
October 31, 2025