Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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California school district pays $27M to settle suit over death of teen assaulted by fellow students

A Southern California school district has agreed to pay $27 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of an eighth grade boy who died after being assaulted by two other students at a middle school four years ago

California school district pays $27M to settle suit over death of teen assaulted by fellow students
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A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. The school says it wasn't discrimination

A Black high school student in Texas has been punished with an in-school suspension over his hairstyle for over two weeks, his mother said

A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. The school says it wasn't discrimination
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Algeria expands English-language learning as France's influence ebbs

Algeria is among many countries in Africa to take steps to transition parts of its education system away from French and toward English

Algeria expands English-language learning as France's influence ebbs
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Looming shutdown rattles families who rely on Head Start program for disadvantaged children

Head Start programs serving more than 10,000 disadvantaged children would immediately lose federal funding if the government shutdown isn't averted

Looming shutdown rattles families who rely on Head Start program for disadvantaged children
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That blaring noise you heard? It was a test of the federal government's emergency alert system

If your cellphone was on at 2:20 p.m. Eastern time you should have heard a loud noise and seen a message flash across your screen

That blaring noise you heard? It was a test of the federal government's emergency alert system
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5 people were wounded in a shooting after a homecoming event at Morgan State University in Baltimore

Officials say at least five people have been wounded, none critically, in a shooting at Morgan State University in Baltimore that happened as students were headed to a homecoming week campus ball

5 people were wounded in a shooting after a homecoming event at Morgan State University in Baltimore
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Black student suspended over his hairstyle to be sent to an alternative education program

A Black student who spent more than a month on in-school suspension over his dreadlocks has been told he will be removed from his Texas high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program on Thursday

Black student suspended over his hairstyle to be sent to an alternative education program
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Schools near a Maui wildfire burn zone are reopening. Parents wrestle with whether to send kids back

More than two months after a wildfire killed at least 98 people on Maui, the three surviving public schools are set to reopen Monday

Schools near a Maui wildfire burn zone are reopening. Parents wrestle with whether to send kids back
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The White House and Google launch a new virtual tour with audio captions, Spanish translation

The White House, Google Maps and Google Arts & Culture have launched a new virtual tour of the White House

The White House and Google launch a new virtual tour with audio captions, Spanish translation
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Online antisemitic threats unnerve Jewish students and spark condemnation at Cornell University

Cornell University administrators have dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements against Jewish students appeared on an online discussion board

Online antisemitic threats unnerve Jewish students and spark condemnation at Cornell University
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Biden administration is moving toward a narrower student loan relief targeting groups of borrowers

The Biden administration is moving toward a narrower student loan relief plan that would target specific groups of borrowers rather than a sweeping plan like the one the Supreme Court rejected by the Supreme Court

Biden administration is moving toward a narrower student loan relief targeting groups of borrowers
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The White House Historical Association is opening a technology-driven educational center in 2024

The White House Historical Association is working on a new experience for tourists in Washington starting next fall

The White House Historical Association is opening a technology-driven educational center in 2024
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Survivors say trauma from abusive Native American boarding schools stretches across generations

Survivors of government-backed Native American boarding schools and their descendants have shared their experiences as U.S. officials made a final stop in Montana on their yearlong tour to confront the institutions that regularly abused students to assimilate them into white society

Survivors say trauma from abusive Native American boarding schools stretches across generations
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Few community college students go on to earn 4-year degrees. Some states have found ways to help

Partnerships between two- and four-year colleges and universities could help more community college students go on to earn bachelor’s degrees, according to data released Thursday by U.S. Education Department

Few community college students go on to earn 4-year degrees. Some states have found ways to help
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China denies accusations of forced assimilation and curbs on religious freedom in Tibet

A government official from China’s Tibetan region has rejected allegations of forced assimilation and curbs on religious freedom, while stressing that Tibetan Buddhism should adapt to the Chinese context

China denies accusations of forced assimilation and curbs on religious freedom in Tibet
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Las Vegas high school student beaten to death by 10 classmates between 13 and 17, police say

Authorities say a Las Vegas high school student was killed when 10 students between the ages of 13 and 17 beat him in an alleyway around the corner from campus in a prearranged fight over a pair of headphones and a vape pen

Las Vegas high school student beaten to death by 10 classmates between 13 and 17, police say
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Eight Las Vegas high schoolers face murder charges in their classmate's death. Here's what we know

Eight Las Vegas high school students between the ages of 13 and 17 years old were arrested on murder charges in the beating death of a schoolmate that was captured on cellphone video

Eight Las Vegas high schoolers face murder charges in their classmate's death. Here's what we know
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Texas approves new textbooks after friction over fossil fuels in the US's biggest oil and gas state

The Texas education board has approved new textbooks but called on some publishers to change their depictions of fossil fuels in the U.S.'s biggest oil and gas state

Texas approves new textbooks after friction over fossil fuels in the US's biggest oil and gas state
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Columbia, Cornell and other colleges face US inquiries over alleged antisemitism and Islamophobia

The federal government has opened civil rights investigations at seven schools and universities over allegations of antisemitism or Islamophobia since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war

Columbia, Cornell and other colleges face US inquiries over alleged antisemitism and Islamophobia
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Judge orders Las Vegas high schoolers held on no bail in classmate's deadly beating

Four of the eight Las Vegas high school students accused of beating their schoolmate to death in a brawl captured on cellphone video have made their first appearances in the adult court system

Judge orders Las Vegas high schoolers held on no bail in classmate's deadly beating
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Teachers and students grapple with fears and confusion about new laws restricting pronoun use

Laws enacted in at least 10 states prohibit or restrict students from using pronouns or names that don’t match their sex assigned at birth

Teachers and students grapple with fears and confusion about new laws restricting pronoun use
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4 Las Vegas high school students charged with murder as adults in classmate's fatal beating

Prosecutors in Las Vegas have formally charged four high school students as adults with second-degree murder in the beating of their schoolmate

4 Las Vegas high school students charged with murder as adults in classmate's fatal beating
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Biden's plan would raise salaries for Head Start teachers but could leave fewer spots for kids

A Biden administration plan could increase salaries for hundreds of low-paid early childhood teachers caring for the country’s poorest children

Biden's plan would raise salaries for Head Start teachers but could leave fewer spots for kids
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A Las Vegas high school grapples with how a feud over stolen items escalated into a fatal beating

A Las Vegas high school is grappling with how a feud over stolen items escalated into a fatal beating

A Las Vegas high school grapples with how a feud over stolen items escalated into a fatal beating
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Make noise! A murder and a movie stir Italians to loudly demand an end to violence against women

Anger has erupted in Italy over the slaying of a college student allegedly by an ex-boyfriend who resented her success and wouldn't accept their breakup

Make noise! A murder and a movie stir Italians to loudly demand an end to violence against women

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