Two more Baltimore high school students shot, making it seven within days
Two more Baltimore high school students shot, making it seven within days
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- National Review
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DeSantis's new proposal will realign college core course requirements to be "rooted in the values of liberty and the western tradition.“
- BuzzFeed
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- USA TODAY Opinion
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- Akron Beacon Journal
Ohio superintendent condemns neo-Nazi home-schooling curriculum reportedly used by family
A Nazi-themed home-schooling curriculum reportedly being used in Upper Sandusky upset the superintendent there.
- NextShark
29-year-old woman charged for posing as teen to enroll at New Jersey high school
A 29-year-old woman has been charged for posing as a teenager to enroll at a public high school in New Jersey. Hyejeong Shin, a graduate of Rutgers University-New Brunswick, was charged on Jan. 24 with one count of providing a false government document with the intent to verify one’s identity or age, the New Brunswick Police Department stated in a news release on Wednesday. Shin allegedly submitted a fake birth certificate that indicated she was 15 years old to the New Brunswick Board of Education to enroll at New Brunswick High School.
- The 74
Schools’ New Normal: Teacher Shortages, Repeat Meals, Late Buses, Canceled Classes
In a school just east of Atlanta, students routinely miss 30 minutes of their 47 minute first period classes because of bus driver shortages. Math workbooks at a Eugene, Oregon school arrived months into the semester, delayed by paper shortages. Some 15 classes at one suburban New York high school were canceled last semester for […]
- The 74
Principal Forced to Double as Teacher Alarmed How Pandemic Is Affecting Students
For New Orleans middle school principal Laura Adelman-Cannon, the new normal means she has held down two jobs since the academic year began. Besides running the school of 550 students, Adelman-Cannon is also serving as the sixth-grade English teacher — missing out on hours of sleep and time with her family after a long day […]
- Idaho Statesman
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- WHIO
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A mother claims her child, a freshman in high school, is being discriminated against because the child is transgender.
- Washington Post
New College of Florida board of trustees ousts president
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- The 74
Students Got $10K to Upgrade Their HS. It Drove a Citywide ‘Wave of Democracy’
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- Herald-Tribune
DeSantis wants $10 million in recurring funding for New College transformation
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- Los Angeles Times Opinion
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- Herald-Tribune
New College board member floats leadership shakeup, 'terminating' all employee contracts
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- The 74
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- Associated Press
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- NBC News
Academics revising the AP African American studies course insist they won't cave to pressure from Ron DeSantis
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- Time
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- Lexington Herald-Leader
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