Pahokee student taken into custody for bringing kitchen knife to school
Pahokee student taken into custody for bringing kitchen knife to school
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Tennessee Republican responds to school shooting: ‘We’re not gonna fix it’
Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett (R) said there’s no way to “fix” gun violence, after a shooter killed three children and three adults at an elementary school in his home state on Monday. “It’s a horrible, horrible situation,” Burchett told reporters. “And we’re not gonna fix it. Criminals are gonna be criminals.” “My daddy fought in…
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Some Lake Brantley High School students miss prom over ticket issues
More than a dozen Lake Brantley High School seniors missed their prom and parents are demanding an apology from the school.
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Parents ask for Tallahassee Classical board chair to resign over 'David' art lesson firestorm
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As a dad, I wondered how to keep my kids safe from school shootings. I asked paramedics, soldiers, and even a spy, and here's what I learned.
A security consultant shares the tips that he's gathered about school shootings from law enforcement, paramedics, and other experts.
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Nashville TV Reporter Recounts How Mother-In-Law, Who Worked Front Desk At Covenant Elementary School, Survived Mass Shooting
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 […]
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Japanese girl graduates from junior high school as a class of one
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Wake elementary school teacher suspended after allegedly insulting students in note
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- TODAY
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While covering a deadly school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, a local reporter said that she is also a survivor of a school shooting.
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KC area teacher punished and denied job for using gender-neutral pronouns: Lawsuit
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A longtime friend of Nashville shooting victim and school headmaster, Katherine Koonce, told Insider she inspired her to go into disability advocacy.
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Black parents say implicit bias bill will carry a cost for all Knoxville students
Studies show implicit bias causes racial disparities in student achievement, learning opportunities and discipline that especially harm Black kids.
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Florida students silently raise fists at Board of Governors meeting to protest DEI attack
“We’re not in a battle. We’re in a war,” United Faculty of Florida President Andrew Gothard said. “This didn’t start yesterday, and it’s not going to end tomorrow.”
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Virginia school district considers banning students from wearing pajamas, clothes that 'expose underwear'
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Selective colleges lose diversity with affirmative action ban, study finds
A ban on race-conscious admissions practices in selective colleges would threaten the racial and ethnic diversity of their student bodies, according to a new analysis from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW). The new report comes ahead of the Supreme Court’s high-stakes decision on discrimination cases brought against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, whose affirmative action policies are accused of hurting Asian and Asian American applicants. CEW researchers analyzed six different admissions models and their possible impact on racial and socioeconomic diversity across selective colleges.
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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.
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Denver’s Reforms Led to Huge Academic Growth, Study Finds. But Will They Last?
Across the roughly 20-year heyday of education reform in the United States, few school systems experimented with the persistence and ambition of Denver Public Schools. Under the leadership of two hard-driving superintendents between 2005 and 2018, the district dramatically expanded educational options, granted more flexibility to school leaders and increased the stakes for poor academic […]
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The Muskego-Norway School District concluded its investigation into allegations of racism. Here's what they found.
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