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Education
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'Dash for Cash' showcases lack of pay and resources for South Dakota teachers
After an outcry over video of teachers scrambling for fistfuls of cash, the contest sponsor and local hockey team issued an apology over the contest.
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California wants to expand gender-inclusive bathrooms in schools
A committee will begin meeting next year to explore how to increase the facilities after a year in which many states and districts moved to restrict the rights of trans and nonbinary students.
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School lunch providers say that, even with pandemic challenges, they’re not giving up on healthy food
Problems with the supply chain, staffing shortages and COVID-19 safety protocols have meant some school districts have turned to more processed food, while others have found creative, local solutions.
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A ‘double red zone’: Alarms raised at many universities over sexual assault reports
Students at campuses around the country have protested their schools’ handling of sexual assault as more students are on campus for the first time after pandemic-disrupted years.
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‘Let's talk about what truly happened’: Native Americans push for inclusion beyond lessons about Thanksgiving
Many state curricula still don’t mention Indigenous people, or mention them only as part of history. But that’s changing.
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Muslim students often feel unsafe or unwelcome in schools, report shows
The harassment can be particularly hard on Muslim girls who wear hijabs, whose head coverings are sometimes offensively touched.
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Librarians are resisting censorship of children’s books by LGBTQ+ and Black authors
Attempts to keep books out of school libraries aren’t new, but there has been a recent increase in political challenges to literature.
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Gov. Greg Abbott signs Texas’ first statewide anti-trans bill. What may come next?
How schools would enforce a law on birth certificates and sports participation is unclear, and likely open to interpretation from district to district.
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Seeking more ways to reduce crime, officials look to universal pre-K
Law enforcement officials and policy makers discussed research suggesting that children enrolled in high-quality pre-K were 70 percent less likely to be arrested for violent crime by the time they turned 18.
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'It’s just been a living nightmare': Texas House passes anti-trans bill, and families struggle to cope
The legislation requires trans students to join single-gender teams according to what is on their original birth certificate, rather than one that was modified after transition