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Mother who said school officials hid her teen’s gender expression appeals judge’s dismissal of case
A Maine woman is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit that accused school officials of encouraging her teen’s gender expression by providing a chest binder and using a new name and pronouns, without consulting her.
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Billionaire rains cash on UMass graduates to tune of $1,000 each, but says they must give half away
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Power conferences, NCAA to vote on landmark $2.7 billion settlement as smaller leagues balk at terms
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Pro-Palestinian protesters at Drexel ignore call to disband as arrests nationwide surpass 3,000
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The Israel-Hamas war is testing whether campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protest
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The Pandemic’s Missing Students
These kids never returned to school after the pandemic – because of paperwork and a broken phone
Thousands of kids went missing from schools during the pandemic. For some who have tried to return, school paperwork has proved a daunting obstacle.
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Tennessee professor swept away by wave during Brazil study-abroad trip has died
A Tennessee community college says one of its professors who was swept away by an ocean wave during a study-abroad trip in Brazil has died.
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Push to enforce occupancy rule in College Station highlights Texas A&M students’ housing woes
A push to enforce occupancy rules in College Station is highlighting affordable housing struggles for students at Texas A&M University.
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University of California academic workers strike to stand up for pro-Palestinian protesters
Graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz walked off their jobs and went on strike Monday.
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Biden tells Morehouse graduates that scenes in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war break his heart, too
President Joe Biden has offered his most direct recognition of the anguish American college students are feeling over the Israel-Hamas war.
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6 Penn students among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during attempt to occupy building
Authorities say a half-dozen University of Pennsylvania students were among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during an attempt to occupy a building on campus.
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Even with school choice, some Black families find options lacking decades after Brown v. Board
The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling and desegregation orders were only the first steps toward the elusive goal of equitable education.
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States have been using foster children’s Social Security benefits. That’s ending in some places
States have for decades been using foster children’s federal Social Security benefits to help cover the costs of state services.
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Teachers criticize Newsom’s budget proposal, say it would ‘wreak havoc on funding for our schools’
California’s largest teachers union is turning up the pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom. The California Teachers Association on Friday said it will work to block one of Newsom’s proposals for balancing the budget.
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West Virginia governor calls special session for school funding amid FAFSA issues, other proposals
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is calling state lawmakers back to the Capitol to consider an $80 million allocation to the state’s colleges, among other proposals.
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A Lakota student’s feather plume was cut off her cap during commencement at a New Mexico high school
A Lakota student’s traditional feather plume was cut off her cap during her high school commencement this week in the northwestern New Mexico community of Farmington.
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What would Lisa Simpson do? NYU student protesters asked to ponder ethical issues
Would Lisa Simpson set up a tent at New York University to protest the war in Gaza? How would Principal Skinner respond if she did?
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Max the cat is now a ‘doctor of litter-ature’ from Vermont State University
A Vermont university has bestowed the honorary degree of “doctor of litter-ature” on a cat named Max who has become a beloved member of its community.
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Last student who helped integrate the University of North Carolina’s undergraduate body has died
The final surviving member of a trio of African American youths who were the first to desegregate the undergraduate student body at North Carolina’s flagship public university has died.
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Pennsylvania school district’s decision to cut song from student concert raises concerns
A Pennsylvania school district’s decision to remove a song from a recent student choral concert has divided the community and spurred a review by a civil rights group.
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Suspected militants bomb a girl’s school overnight in northwest Pakistan
Police say suspected militants have bombed a girl’s school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying the structure.
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Latinos found jobs and cheap housing in a Pennsylvania city but political power has proven elusive
A federal lawsuit argues the way representatives are elected to a local school board in Pennsylvania’s coal region is unfairly shutting Latino voters out of power.
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For the children of Gaza, war means no school — and no indication when formal learning might return
Since the war between Israel and Hamas erupted Oct. 7, all Gaza’s schools have closed. That leaves hundreds of thousands of students without formal schooling or safe places to spend their days.
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70 years after Brown v. Board, America is both more diverse — and more segregated
Seventy years after the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the impact of the decision is still up for debate.
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Repeal of a dead law to use public funds for private school tuition won’t be on Nebraska’s ballot
A measure to repeal a now-defunct Nebraska law that would use public money to fund private school tuition has been pulled from the November ballot.
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Transgender girl faces discrimination from a Mississippi school’s dress code, ACLU says
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a complaint against a Mississippi school district over a dress code policy based on students’ sex assigned at birth.
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UNC interim chancellor backs AD Bubba Cunningham after trustee criticism, audit push
North Carolina interim chancellor Lee Roberts publicly backed athletics director Bubba Cunningham on Thursday.
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Biden marks Brown v. Board of Education anniversary amid signs of erosion in Black voter support
President Joe Biden has marked the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that struck down institutionalized racial segregation in public schools by welcoming plaintiffs and their family members in the landmark case to the White House.
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California university president put on leave after announcing agreement with pro-Palestinian group
The chancellor of the California State University system has suspended the president of its Sonoma campus for announcing an agreement with pro-Palestinian activists to pursue an academic boycott of Israeli institutions and divestment strategies.
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Former Connecticut budget official arrested, pleads not guilty to bribery and extortion charges
A former top official in Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget office has pleaded not guilty to extortion, bribery, conspiracy and false statement charges.
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Police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul University in Chicago
Police have dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul University in Chicago. The move on Thursday comes less than a week after the school’s president said public safety was at risk.
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Topeka was at the center of Brown v. Board. Decades later, segregation of another sort lingers
The school system in Topeka, Kansas, was at the center of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case that struck down segregated education 70 years ago.
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Biden’s upcoming graduation speech roils Morehouse College, a center of Black politics and culture
President Joe Biden will have his most direct engagement with college students since the start of the Israel-Hamas war when he speaks at Morehouse College’s commencement.
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As Zambia schools take on climate change, one teen is spreading the word in sign language
Bridget Chanda is intent on helping educate Zambia’s deaf community about climate change. As the southern African nation has suffered from more frequent extreme weather, including its current severe drought, it’s prompted the Zambian government to include more climate change education in its school
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North Carolina revenue decline means alternate sources for voucher spending considered
Recently lowered revenue projections for North Carolina are making some state legislators think more carefully about how to pay to cover the new high demand for K-12 private school scholarships.
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Kansas governor cites competition concerns while vetoing measure for school gun-detection technology
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a measure that could have earmarked up to $5 million for certain gun-detection software in schools.
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