Volusia school district considers looking abroad for teachers amid shortage
Volusia school district considers looking abroad for teachers amid shortage
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Bryan Kohberger frequented Idaho Student Union Building before murders and had a staring problem: report
University of Idaho stabbings suspect Bryan Kohberger hung out at the Student Union before the crime despite attending a different school, a new report claims.
- Kansas City Star
School nurse raped student at motel and kissed him in her office, Missouri cops say
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FSU faculty say it's 'rubbish' as Christopher Rufo targets FSU 'radical' diversity programs
“Exaggerated rubbish,” said a FSU business professor. “I suspect that the vast majority of our thousands of business students would find claims of indoctrination laughable."
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- NBC News
Student arrested following cell phone video of girl being beaten aboard a Florida school bus
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- The Hill
Former principal of Virginia school where 6-year-old shot teacher wasn’t warned about gun, lawyer claims
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- Miami Herald
Eighth grader waiting for school bus gets hit and killed by truck, Florida cops say
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- The Repository
Jackson Local Schools responds to ex-teacher's lawsuit over pronoun use
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- The Des Moines Register
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The "Giving Parents a Voice" townhall featured controversial issues surrounding public education and resulted in several protesters escorted out.
- CBS Miami
Students beaten up inside school bus in Homestead
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- INSIDER
Conservative groups are flooding the Supreme Court with calls to block Biden's student-loan forgiveness, arguing that borrowers are 'contractually bound to repay their loans'
Over the past few days, nine conservative groups, including former GOP lawmakers, filed briefs to SCOTUS arguing against Biden's student-debt relief.
- The Florida Times-Union
Letters: DeSantis has opened dangerous can of worms with educational interference
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- Miami Herald
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- Herald-Tribune
Sunday's letters: Fight takeover at New College, for students' sake
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Appeal denied for fired principal caught on video dragging student
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- The 74
Michigan May Reverse Law Requiring 3rd-Graders Behind in Reading to Repeat Grade
Michigan education advocates and leaders urged the Senate Education Committee Tuesday to pass a bill to remove the controversial retention component from the state’s Read by Grade 3 law. Senate Bill 12, sponsored by Senate Education Committee Chair Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia), aims to reform Michigan’s third-grade reading law by removing a mandate that requires […]
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Student Loan Forgiveness: Will You Qualify for $0 Payments Under Biden’s New Plan?
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- Reuters
Billionaire Musk likely to 'double down' on tweets after court victory
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- The Week
Did Ron DeSantis 'whitewash' an AP African American studies course?
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