Kentucky Students Sue State Over Inequitable Education Funding
Kentucky students are suing the state, alleging its education system violates the state constitution by failing to provide adequate and equitable education, citing decreased funding and growing disparities between wealthy and poor school districts; the lawsuit seeks to reopen a 1989 case that led to...
Kentucky Students Sue State Over Inequitable Education Funding
Kentucky students are suing the state, alleging its education system violates the state constitution by failing to provide adequate and equitable education, citing decreased funding and growing disparities between wealthy and poor school districts; the lawsuit seeks to reopen a 1989 case that led to...
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36% Bias Score
Funding Cuts for 42 Elite Perth Schools
The Australian federal government will cut annual funding to 42 elite Perth private schools by 2029, reducing payments to institutions deemed "overfunded" to 80 percent of their School Resourcing Standard (SRS) by 2029, impacting schools like St Mary's Anglican School and Hale School, while potentia...
Funding Cuts for 42 Elite Perth Schools
The Australian federal government will cut annual funding to 42 elite Perth private schools by 2029, reducing payments to institutions deemed "overfunded" to 80 percent of their School Resourcing Standard (SRS) by 2029, impacting schools like St Mary's Anglican School and Hale School, while potentia...
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52% Bias Score
1.5 Million UK Students Attend Dilapidated Schools Amidst Funding Crisis
A Guardian investigation reveals that 1,576,032 students in England—one in six—attend schools needing major repairs or are in relatively poor condition due to 14 years of frozen per-pupil funding under the Conservative government, leading to concerns about irreparable harm to children's education an...
1.5 Million UK Students Attend Dilapidated Schools Amidst Funding Crisis
A Guardian investigation reveals that 1,576,032 students in England—one in six—attend schools needing major repairs or are in relatively poor condition due to 14 years of frozen per-pupil funding under the Conservative government, leading to concerns about irreparable harm to children's education an...
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52% Bias Score
Habeck Proposes Billionaire Tax for German School Renovations
German Green Party leader Robert Habeck proposed taxing Germany's roughly 250 billionaires to generate €5-6 billion for school renovations, sparking debate about wealth taxation and the challenges of public works projects in Germany.
Habeck Proposes Billionaire Tax for German School Renovations
German Green Party leader Robert Habeck proposed taxing Germany's roughly 250 billionaires to generate €5-6 billion for school renovations, sparking debate about wealth taxation and the challenges of public works projects in Germany.
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44% Bias Score
DOJ Awards \$100 Million for School DEI and Restorative Justice Programs
The Department of Justice awarded over \$100 million in grants from 2021-2024 to 946 K-12 school districts in 36 states to promote restorative justice, social-emotional learning, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, impacting over three million students, but this has sparked contr...
DOJ Awards \$100 Million for School DEI and Restorative Justice Programs
The Department of Justice awarded over \$100 million in grants from 2021-2024 to 946 K-12 school districts in 36 states to promote restorative justice, social-emotional learning, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, impacting over three million students, but this has sparked contr...
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68% Bias Score
UK Government's Education Bill Sparks Controversy Over Academy Reforms
The UK government's Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill seeks to standardize teacher pay and conditions, nationalize the curriculum, and increase oversight of academies, sparking criticism from the Conservatives who warn of lowered educational standards and a return to 'mediocrity'.
UK Government's Education Bill Sparks Controversy Over Academy Reforms
The UK government's Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill seeks to standardize teacher pay and conditions, nationalize the curriculum, and increase oversight of academies, sparking criticism from the Conservatives who warn of lowered educational standards and a return to 'mediocrity'.
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60% Bias Score
Ontario Faces $12.7 Billion School Infrastructure Funding Gap
Ontario faces a $12.7 billion shortfall in school funding over 10 years, leaving 37% of schools in disrepair and necessitating 32 school replacements, impacting student learning and safety; the government attributes this to school boards' slow spending, while the opposition calls it a failure.
Ontario Faces $12.7 Billion School Infrastructure Funding Gap
Ontario faces a $12.7 billion shortfall in school funding over 10 years, leaving 37% of schools in disrepair and necessitating 32 school replacements, impacting student learning and safety; the government attributes this to school boards' slow spending, while the opposition calls it a failure.
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48% Bias Score
Victoria Faces $24 Billion School and Kindergarten Construction Bill
Victoria faces a $24.2 billion infrastructure challenge to accommodate a surge in early childhood education and primary/secondary school demands by 2036, necessitating 900 new kindergartens and 60 new schools to create nearly 138,000 new places.
Victoria Faces $24 Billion School and Kindergarten Construction Bill
Victoria faces a $24.2 billion infrastructure challenge to accommodate a surge in early childhood education and primary/secondary school demands by 2036, necessitating 900 new kindergartens and 60 new schools to create nearly 138,000 new places.
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32% Bias Score