NASA launches exploration day to get more students into STEM
NASA Glenn Research Center opened its campus to 200 CMSD high school students for a Career Exploration day to get more students interested in STEM careers.
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- Deadline
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As news of the elementary school shooting at the Covenant School in suburban Nashville unfolded, local TV reporter Hannah McDonald was not only trying to report impartially on a local tragedy that took the lives of three students and three adults, she was trying to keep track of more personal developments. She later shared the […]
- Raleigh News and Observer
Wake elementary school teacher suspended after allegedly insulting students in note
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- INSIDER
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Studies show implicit bias causes racial disparities in student achievement, learning opportunities and discipline that especially harm Black kids.
- Kansas City Star
KC area teacher punished and denied job for using gender-neutral pronouns: Lawsuit
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- TODAY
Reporter covering Nashville school shooting makes stunning announcement on-air: ‘I am a survivor’
While covering a deadly school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, a local reporter said that she is also a survivor of a school shooting.
- BBC
Nashville school shooting: Beloved school head among victims
A school head described as a saint and two other members of staff are among the fatalities.
- Fox News
Virginia school district considers banning students from wearing pajamas, clothes that 'expose underwear'
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- The Root
Shameful: ‘Ruby Bridges’ Film Banned From School Because White Parents Feeling Some Kind of Way
Even though the Disney film “Ruby Bridges” has been shown during Black History Month in Florida’s Pinellas County for years, it was recently pulled because a parent was worried that it would teach white children about the racism that Black children faced.
- GOBankingRates
Student Loan Forgiveness Rule Quietly Changes — How It Affects Borrowers’ Debt
The Biden administration has yet again quietly updated the timeline for borrowers seeking student loan forgiveness under a one-time account adjustment, according to reports. Student Loan Forgiveness:...
- Quartz
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Amid Shortage, MN Bill Endangers Thousands of Special Ed, Rural, CTE Teachers
A bill moving through the Minnesota Legislature would curtail a popular path to a teaching credential, potentially removing hundreds of educators in high-needs areas from classrooms and throwing up roadblocks for future teachers. In rolling back a hard-won, five-year-old overhaul of the state’s teacher licensure system, the change would have an outsized effect on special […]
- The Telegraph
The ‘brainless’ policy introduced in China to reverse its low birth rate
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Elizabeth Warren wants Biden's Education Department to go beyond broad student-loan forgiveness and crack down on the institutions that cause borrowers' debt loads to spiral
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Right-Wing Commentator Trashes GVSU’s Celebration for Native American Students
On Monday, Grand Valley State University (GVSU) was ridiculed on Twitter by right-wing commentator Matt Walsh about an email sent by university officials announcing graduation celebrations for five groups that include Asian, Black, LGBT, Hispanic, and Native American graduates. Based in Allendale, Michigan on ancestral Potawatomi land, GVSU has a student body of just under 22,000 students according to the university’s diversity dashboard. The celebrations are being held in addition to the spring unified commencement.
- USA TODAY
Educational model wanted students 'to be nice.' That's controversial in Florida now under DeSantis.
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- South China Morning Post
Alibaba founder Jack Ma returns to China to discuss impact of artificial intelligence on education
Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group Holding, returned to China recently after more than a year of overseas travel, and visited a school he founded in the city of Hangzhou. On Monday, Ma met teachers and students at Hangzhou Yungu School, a private school covering kindergarten to high school, that was funded by Alibaba founders in 2017, according to sources familiar with Ma's schedule, and later confirmed by a post the school published on its WeChat account. According to the post, Ma discussed
- ABC News
Who was Nashville shooter Audrey Hale?
The shooter who attacked students and teachers at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday was identified by police as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, who law enforcement said may have once attended the school. A police spokesperson told ABC News that Hale was assigned female at birth, and pointed to a social media account linked to Hale that included use of the pronouns he/him. In a brief phone interview with ABC News, Hale's mother, Norma Hale, said, "It is very, very difficult right now" for the family, before asking for privacy.