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Former pre-K teacher on TikTok hilariously explains why parents shouldn't share their personal 'business' with their kids: 'The tea lies within those pretend games'
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Workplace inclusivity: How one Indiana company's pronoun policy is driving employees away
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California late start law aims to make school less of a yawn
When Hansika Daggolu’s junior year of high school starts in the fall, she’ll be watching to see if a later first bell under a new California law means fewer classmates are heads-down on their desks for afternoon naps. The overall mood, she suspects, will lift as well if her classmates at Mission San Jose High School in Fremont aren't quite so sleepy. Similar proposals are before lawmakers in New Jersey and Massachusetts.
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Butt family, H-E-B donate $10 million to replace Robb Elementary School in Uvalde after mass shooting
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The Evolution of Malia and Sasha Obama
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Emails show NC officials are taking the wrong approach with new teacher pay plan
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Forest Hills parents, students, teachers sue district over resolution that 'promotes racism'
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Ellen Weaver, conservative school choice advocate, wins GOP runoff for SC superintendent
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Judge denies requests to block Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ so-called ‘Stop WOKE Act’
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