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Education
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What a top librarian’s road trip reveals about America’s libraries — and democracy
While some states look to add restrictions on libraries, outgoing American Library Association President Emily Drabinski traveled 4,951 miles to highlight their spot in communities.
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Teens say they learn more in school about frogs’ bodies than their own
A California bill would require public schools to cover menstrual health as part of their comprehensive sex ed curriculum.
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Planning parenthood for incarcerated men
An innovative sex-ed curriculum in Southern California is teaching incarcerated men about consent, birth control, and dismantling masculinity.
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One state radically boosted new teacher pay — and upset a lot of teachers
Under a new law, all Arkansas teachers earn more money but now districts face another set of problems.
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A school shooting in Tennessee sparked activism — and now frustration
Tennessee joined eight other states in allowing school employees to carry guns on K-12 campuses. Students and educators worry it could do more harm than good.
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Time is up for a far-right school board president who embroiled a California district in controversy
Temecula school board president Joseph Komrosky ushered in conservative policies and called Harvey Milk a “pedophile,” prompting a recall race against him and a rebuke from Gov. Newsom.
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AAPI adults strongly support lessons on racism, slavery and Asian-American history in schools
New data on Asian Americans' attitudes about education shows this demographic wants their children to be engaged citizens, beyond a focus on math and science.
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Day care, baby supplies, counseling: Inside a school for pregnant and parenting teens
A school on the Washington-Idaho border offers one approach to better serve students raising young children in the post-Dobbs era.
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70 years later, schools — and moms — are still fighting segregation
After Brown v. Board, White families pulled their kids out of Pasadena’s public schools. Decades have passed, and neighborhood parents are still working toward integration.
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Obama’s anti-apartheid activism lives on in a college monument — and on the minds of these students
As pro-Palestinian students urge Occidental College to vote for divestment, they compare their fight with the campus protest movement of the 1980s.