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Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Holocaust Survivors' Bid To Sue Hungary For Confiscated Property

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Boston's school admissions policy

1:48pm December 09, 2024

The court's action was the second time the justices declined to intervene in an admissions program based on geography since their 2023 ruling invalidating affirmative action in higher education.

How a staffing shortage can make special education jobs more dangerous

5:00am December 05, 2024

Special educators are more likely to experience violence or aggression from students. That can make hiring a challenge, at a time when schools nationwide are struggling to fill these positions.

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Teens can't get off their phones. Here's what some schools are doing about it

5:00am December 03, 2024

Teens spend much of their days on their phones — many of them during school. Here's how schools and teachers are trying to fix that.

Schools in Asheville are reopening in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene

2:14am October 28, 2024

After-school activities will still be suspended Monday and Tuesday.

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Indiana's cellphone ban means less school drama. But students miss their headphones

5:00am September 10, 2024

Weeks into a new school year, students miss being able to listen to music, but teachers say the cellphone ban is making their jobs easier.

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'I lied.' A teacher describes protecting her students during Apalachee HS shooting

2:17pm September 07, 2024

In a post shared widely on social media, Jennifer Carter gave her account about what it took to keep her students safe at the Georgia school where four people died this week.

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Law enforcement had prior warning about suspect in fatal Georgia high school shooting

12:37pm September 04, 2024

The FBI released new details about the 14-year-old suspect currently in custody after a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., killed two students and two teachers and injured nine others.

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Teens are losing interest in school, and say they hear about college 'a lot'

5:00am August 29, 2024

A new poll finds Gen Z teens are optimistic about the future but feeling less engaged at school.

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In the face of global warming, students are dreaming up a better climate future

5:00am August 05, 2024

by Lee V. Gaines

With heat waves and extreme weather becoming more and more common, one Indiana teacher wants to empower her students with information, and the creative freedom to imagine big ideas.

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The Hand in Hand Jerusalem school principal Efrat Meyer, who is Jewish, and vice principal Engie Wattad, who is Arab Muslim, are longtime colleagues and friends. The school is mixed and bilingual.

A school in Jerusalem brings Arab and Jewish kids together to boost understanding

10:29am January 23, 2024

by Eleanor Beardsley

Jewish and Arab children learn alongside each other at the Hand in Hand school. They're taught in Hebrew and Arabic, in a program unusual in Israel for integrating students of different backgrounds.

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