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Activists and community members march into the Minnesota State Capitol building during a Trans Day of Visibility rally on March 31, 2023. Minnesota is one of at least 12 states that has restricted gender-affirming care for minors this year.

Minnesota to join at least 4 other states in protecting transgender care this year

6:35pm April 21, 2023

In 2023, a record number of states have passed rules or legislation to eliminate youth gender-affirming care, but a record number of states have also moved to protect care for trans youth and adults.

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WS/FCS teachers tasked with searching student bags say it will harm their relationships

3:59pm April 21, 2023

by Amy Diaz

“A lot of times, I am the counselor, the nurse, you know, whatever I can do to help these kids. We're helping feed them and take care of them," Meredith Wooten said. "I don't want to police them too.”

Virginia Board of Education to vote on disputed changes to history curriculum

10:18am April 20, 2023

by Ben Paviour

Virginia's board of education is set to vote on new history standards today. Governor Glenn Younkin and his staff have pushed changes that critics say minimize discussions of racism.

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Guilford County Board of Education Chairperson Deena Hayes-Greene

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Guilford County Schools looks to bring pay ranges for classified staff up to market rate

2:45pm April 19, 2023

by Amy Diaz

Guilford County Schools staff presented the

Lemiley Lane, who grew up in the Navajo Nation in Arizona, walks along the Bountiful High School campus during her junior year in 2020 in Bountiful, Utah. The school changed its nickname in 2021 to "The Redhawks."

As schools face calls to drop Native American mascots, some could lose state money

10:41am April 19, 2023

by Scott Neuman

New York on Tuesday became the latest state in the nation to move to force schools to do away with the use of Native American team names or mascots. Those that don't comply risk losing their funding.

How a teacher's feedback changed things for a stuttering student

5:14pm April 17, 2023

Susan Greenstein Prescott's unsung hero is her 12th grade English teacher, Fred DeMayo. He assigned everyone a poem to recite aloud — but she had a stutter. His feedback empowered her life forever.

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Wake Forest debate team makes historic sweep of tournaments

4:21pm April 17, 2023

by Paul Garber

Wake Forest University’s debate team has made an unprecedented sweep of three of the most demanding collegiate competitions this year.

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General Counsel Dionne Jenkins presents legislative update to the WS/FC Board of Education

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WS/FCS officials say charter school bill could impact local district funding

4:07pm April 17, 2023

by Amy Diaz

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools officials say pending legislation would require the district to share more money with charter schools— and the proposed 2024 budget is already tight.

Strikers march in front of Rutgers' buildings in New Brunswick, N.J., this past Monday.

The Rutgers University faculty strike is over, for now, after a deal is reached

10:06pm April 15, 2023

by Emma Bowman

The deal, which includes significant pay increases for graduate workers and part-time lecturers, suspends a week-long strike that had halted classes for 67,000 students.

Love in the Library, a children's book written by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and illustrated by Yas Imamura, is a love story about finding hope in a dire setting: an internment camp where the U.S. detained Japanese Americans during World War II.

Scholastic wanted to license her children's book — if she cut a part about 'racism'

7:51am April 15, 2023

by Emma Bowman

Maggie Tokuda-Hall was thrilled when the publishing powerhouse approached her to feature her book about a love story set in an internment camp during WWII. Then she read what the deal would involve.