KRAKOW, Poland — Across Ukraine, kindergartens have been bombed, elementary schools have been converted into shelters and in some cities like Mariupol, their grounds have even become makeshift graveyards. As the war tears at the social institutions of the country, education has been one of the major casualties. Parents, teachers […]
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Department of Education ‘waging war’ on charter schools with new regulations, school choice advocate says
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Education is “waging war on charter schools” with recently proposed rules that would make it tougher for them to receive start-up grants, a school choice advocate told Fox News. The rule would tighten requirements on charter schools seeking seed […]
Democrats Must Defeat the Left’s War on School Achievement
The recent pandemic school-closing experiment gave many American parents their first exposure to an exotic strain of thought on the American left about public schooling: that learning loss is nothing to worry about because educational outcomes are fake or unimportant. San Francisco school-board president Gabriela Lopez, before voters flocked to […]
As war rages in Ukraine, Nestle suspends sales of KitKat and Nesquik in Russia
Nestle will stop making brands including KitKat and Nesquik in Russia, the world’s largest food company said Wednesday amid public pressure to halt all business in the country as Russian forces continue to bombard cities in Ukraine. “As the war rages in Ukraine, our activities in Russia will focus on providing […]
Russia-Ukraine war is ‘a financial war now’: Deutsche Bank
The war between Russia and Ukraine has found a new battlefield after another turbulent weekend for the global financial markets. “This is in effect a financial war now,” warned Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid in a note on Monday. Deutsche Bank’s commentary comes as Western allies moved to block “selected” […]
Ukraine’s tech diaspora races to mobilize Silicon Valley in war with Russia
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OAKLAND, Calif., March 2 (Reuters) – Ukrainians working at Western tech companies are banding together to help their besieged homeland, aiming to knock down disinformation websites, encourage Russians to turn against their government, and speed delivery of medical supplies. They are seeking, through email campaigns and online petitions, to persuade […]
Oligarchs Mikhail Fridman and Oleg Deripaska call for an end to Putin’s war
London CNN Business — Russian billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Oleg Deripaska have broken ranks with the Kremlin and called for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Fridman, who was born in western Ukraine, wrote in a letter to staff that he wanted the “bloodshed to end.” “My parents […]