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Are tomorrow’s engineers ready to face AI’s ethical challenges?

Ethics is often neglected in engineering education, two researchers write, despite mounting questions about how to responsibly design artificial intelligence programs.

Are tomorrow’s engineers ready to face AI’s ethical challenges?
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Not a toddler, not a parent, but still love 'Bluey'? You're not alone

Viewers don't have to be young or a parent to appreciate the Australian kids' television program “Bluey,” as this week’s release of a special episode proved

Not a toddler, not a parent, but still love 'Bluey'? You're not alone
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USC cancels graduation keynote by filmmaker amid controversy over decision to drop student's speech

The University of Southern California is further shaking up its commencement plans

USC cancels graduation keynote by filmmaker amid controversy over decision to drop student's speech
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USC scraps outside speakers at commencement after canceling Muslim student's speech

The University of Southern California announced there will be no outside speakers and honorees at this year's main commencement ceremony after canceling its valedictorian

USC scraps outside speakers at commencement after canceling Muslim student's speech
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California is rolling out free preschool. That hasn't solved challenges around child care

Investments in public preschool have helped many parents through a child care crisis, in which quality options for early learners are often scarce and unaffordable

California is rolling out free preschool. That hasn't solved challenges around child care
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Kevin Bacon dances back to "Footloose" high school

Actor Kevin Bacon has returned to the Utah high school where his cult classic movie “Footloose” was filmed more than 40 years ago

Kevin Bacon dances back to "Footloose" high school
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Are race-based scholarships on their way out?

Legal rulings throw fate of special scholarships for ethnic minorities into doubt.

Are race-based scholarships on their way out?
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America’s child care crisis is holding back moms without college degrees

The high costs and limited availability of quality child care are holding back American moms without college degrees

America’s child care crisis is holding back moms without college degrees
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Minnesota and other Democratic-led states lead pushback on censorship. They're banning the book ban

At a time when book bans have soared to their highest levels in decades, a countertrend is emerging

Minnesota and other Democratic-led states lead pushback on censorship. They're banning the book ban
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New federal rule bars transgender school bathroom bans, but it likely isn't the final word

A new federal rule seeks to clarify that a law against sex discrimination at schools includes gender identity, too

New federal rule bars transgender school bathroom bans, but it likely isn't the final word
Education

Teacher lawsuits over forced grade inflation won’t fix unfair grading – here’s what could

Not all teachers comply when asked to adjust student grades. An education scholar takes a look at what happens when they don’t.

Teacher lawsuits over forced grade inflation won’t fix unfair grading – here’s what could
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Argentina's Milei faces biggest protest yet as students march over budget cuts

Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday in an anti-government march against budget cuts to public universities,

Argentina's Milei faces biggest protest yet as students march over budget cuts
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Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools

Tennessee lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow the state's teachers to carry concealed handguns at school, as protesters yelled their opposition from the

Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools
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A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states

An effort to limit diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is gaining momentum in state capitals and college campuses

A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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Need a hotel in the US for Graduation Day? Good luck

If you think getting tickets to a Taylor Swift concert or the World Series is tough, try booking a hotel room in an American college town for Graduation Day.

Need a hotel in the US for Graduation Day? Good luck
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USDA updates rules for school meals that limit added sugars for the first time

U.S. agriculture officials announced new nutrition standards for school meals that will limit added sugars for the first time

USDA updates rules for school meals that limit added sugars for the first time
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Biden administration toughens school nutrition standards

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new rules limiting the sugar and sodium content of meals served to millions of children at U.S. public schools.

Biden administration toughens school nutrition standards
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Teenage girl arrested after a student and 2 teachers were stabbed at a school in Wales

Police in the U.K. say a teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after stabbing a student and two teachers at a secondary school in Wales

Teenage girl arrested after a student and 2 teachers were stabbed at a school in Wales
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US House Speaker Johnson heckled and booed at Columbia, center of Gaza protests

Columbia University students heckled U.S.

US House Speaker Johnson heckled and booed at Columbia, center of Gaza protests
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John Lithgow takes on the role of the new kid in school for a PBS special celebrating arts education

Besides being an accomplished actor, John Lithgow is a Harvard graduate who was a Fulbright Scholar at the London School of the Arts

John Lithgow takes on the role of the new kid in school for a PBS special celebrating arts education
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Chinese student gets US prison term for threatening pro-democracy activist

A Chinese music student was sentenced on Wednesday to nine months in a U.S. prison for harassing an activist who posted fliers at the Berklee College of Music in

Chinese student gets US prison term for threatening pro-democracy activist
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Tennessee lawmakers join movement allowing some teachers to take guns into schools

Some public school teachers could gain new powers to bring concealed guns into Tennessee schools

Tennessee lawmakers join movement allowing some teachers to take guns into schools
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West Virginia says it will appeal ruling that allowed transgender teen athlete to compete

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says the state will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on an appeals court ruling that allowed a transgender athlete to compete on her middle school teams

West Virginia says it will appeal ruling that allowed transgender teen athlete to compete
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Pro-Palestinian US high school students accuse school of censoring speech

Some U.S. students at Washington, D.C.'s Jackson-Reed High School filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging the public high school's administrators censored them

Pro-Palestinian US high school students accuse school of censoring speech
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Columbia's president, no stranger to complex challenges, walks tightrope on student protests

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik's leadership is under fire

Columbia's president, no stranger to complex challenges, walks tightrope on student protests

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