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Nadra Nittle
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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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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.
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'This is the job': How some college professors are supporting student protesters
The 19th spoke to several faculty who have intervened at encampments, signed letters condemning administrators and participated in work stoppages in an effort to advocate for students.
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How does a school shooting test a marriage? Short film explores Columbine’s toll on a heroic teacher.
The documentary “Columbine 2024: 25 Years of Trauma” tells the stories of life after school shootings occur — from emotional trauma to impacts on personal relationships.
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‘We’re the lockdown generation’: 25 years after Columbine, the gun safety crisis remains
Natalie Fall, executive director of March for Our Lives, said that school shootings have mobilized a generation of young people to take political action.
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New Title IX rules offer 'comprehensive coverage' for LGBTQ+ students and sexual violence survivors
The regulations from the Biden administration strengthen protections for sex discrimination, reversing Trump-era changes.
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Books about sexual assault aren’t pornographic. Schools are banning them as ‘obscene’ anyway.
The latest censorship target disproportionately affects women and nonbinary authors — and can prevent survivors from accessing materials that reflect their lives.
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O.J. Simpson’s trial forced us to talk about domestic violence. We're not done yet.
His legacy will forever be linked to the trial for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, and the ways racial dynamics complicated it.