Education

Stories fundamentally about education (teachers, learning, students, clasrooms, curricula, etc.)

Boston Public Schools Suspending Advanced Classes Because of Too Many White and Asian Students?
Are Boston Public Schools Suspending Advanced Classes Because of Too Many White and Asian Students? A few headlines missed the mark on this story.
    Mostly False
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Book, Furniture, Shelf
Did Dr. Seuss Draw Racist Cartoons? The children’s book author and artist is being scrutinized for a series of illustrations.
    True
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Person, Human, Glasses
Did a Virginia Public School System ‘Cancel’ Dr. Seuss? At this point, it is getting hard to tell what the term "cancel" actually means.
    Mostly False
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Person, Human, Text
Did Oregon Officials Say ‘Showing Work’ in Math Class Is White Supremacism? We reached out to the Oregon Department of Education about a newsletter it sent to...
    Mixture
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Did School Apologize for ‘All Lives Matter’ Theme for Black History Month? A Tennessee principal was the center of a controversy after deciding a theme for her...
    True
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Did San Francisco Vote to Remove ‘Washington,’ ‘Lincoln’ from School Names? The effort was initiated by officials who aimed to “dismantle symbols of racism and white...
    True
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Was Journalist Conned Into Quitting Her Job for Fake Harvard Position? Reportedly, an elaborate “phishing attack” duped a famous reporter into quitting her job to accept...
    Mixture
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Did MLK Jr. Say the Purpose of Education Is To Sort Fact From Fiction? One of the chief aims of education, according to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.,...
    Correct Attribution
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Is Concordia University of Michigan Selling This Lewd Merchandise? The genuine acronym for this school is C.U.A.A. (Concordia University of Ann Arbor).
    Miscaptioned
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