The rate at which ADHD goes undetected in girls is increasingly higher than their male counterparts. As of September 2021, 12.9 percent of boys were diagnosed with ADHD while only 5.6 percent of girls were. As Cheyenne Leonard reported for Women’s eNews, “The reason for this diagnosis gap is not…
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An August 2021 article by Christine Chung for The City reported that Dr. Ferdous Khandker was at the center of a class-action complaint in which at least four Bengali women accused the physician of sexually assaulting them at his practice in Jackson Heights, NY. The lawsuit, filed by litigation firm…
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First-generation college graduates have more trouble finding jobs and earn substantially less than their classmates whose parents also finished college, according to a September 24, 2021 article for the Hechinger Report by Jon Marcus. A study conducted by researchers at Michigan State University, the University of Iowa, and the University…
In March 2021, Kate Way reported in Truthout that the urgency to reopen schools ignores fundamental educational inequalities across the United States that existed before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Way describes how American public schools are intertwined in a complicated relationship between local, state, and federal guidelines surrounding…
On October 11, 2021, the Intercept reported on an Ohio State Board of Education member who has refused to condemn white supremacy. Board member Diana Fessler criticized Resolution 20—an anti-racism resolution passed in July 2020, just weeks after the murder of George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer—asserting that it…
The blurring of academic and social skills is reshaping university and college curricula as higher education institutions across the country place increasing importance on student affairs programs to enhance students’ personal growth and well-being. As Martha McCaughey and Scott Welsh write in a November 2021 article for Academe Blog, one…
Social distancing, necessary due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has transformed education. With the pivot to remote learning, one of these transformations, Nora Caplan-Bricker reports for the New Yorker, is educational institutions’ increased reliance on software programs designed to monitor students taking exams for possible signs of cheating. Caplan-Bricker’s report draws…
The COVID-19 pandemic and remote schooling have posed unique challenges for homeless students, according to a June 2021 report for Truthout by Eleanor J. Bader. Although the pandemic has impacted all students, its most significantly impacts have been on those who are, or have become, homeless. These impacts include breakdowns…
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Pittsburg Unified School District, in the Bay Area of California, is accused of unequal opportunities for disabled students and will be taken to court by ACLU. On Monday, September 13, 2021 the school district was sued for denying disabled students access to equal education due to their disability, race, or…
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Across the United States, inadequate funding for the maintenance of school buildings puts students at increased risk to COVID-19, according to a September 2021 report for Truthout by Eleanor J. Bader. Bader’s report emphasizes how long-term deficits in funding for maintenance, combined with inadequate space, make older facilities especially dangerous…
