New Florida Law Lets Residents Challenge School Textbooks
The new bill was pushed by a conservative group critical of the way evolution, climate change and government were being taught in Florida schools.
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Poverty, Dropouts, Pregnancy, Suicide: What The Numbers Say About Fatherless Kids
Data clearly show how many fatherless children there are and how their lives are affected, but one best-selling author says he rarely sees interventions happening in schools.
When Schools Meet Trauma With Understanding, Not Discipline
Children in New Orleans suffer from trauma at high rates. Now, several schools there are focused on catching and helping students whose behavior may be a response to their suffering.
Why Colleges Already Face Race-Related Challenges In Serving Future Students
By 2020 more than half of children in the U.S. will be part of an ethnic or racial minority. Colleges and universities are figuring out how to prepare for them.
Enrollment Doubles In North Carolina Charter Schools
State records show that charter school enrollment in North Carolina has more than doubled in five years.
This Mostly White City Wants To Leave Its Mostly Black School District
Jefferson County, Ala., schools have been under a desegregation order for decades. Now that a majority-white city wants to form its own district, a judge must decide if it's violating civil rights.
Study Finds Inequities In School Funding; Wealthy Districts Benefit Most
A new report from a government watchdog agency is finding flaws with the way North Carolina allocates money to public and charter schools.
Teen Night Owls Struggle To Learn And Control Emotions At School
Findings provide new evidence pushing back school start times, to let adolescents sleep and wake up when it's more natural, researchers say. It's going to bed late that creates problems.
Dozens Dead In What UNICEF Calls One Of The Worst School Bombings In Syria's War
"Some people cursed the Assad regime. Some invoked God. And others didn't say a word," a witness tells NPR. Schools have been hit repeatedly during Syria's war and this is one of the worst incidents.
Decrying Hair Rule, South African Students Demand To Be 'Naturally Who We Are'
Pretoria High School for Girls has long banned certain hairstyles so that students would have a "neat" appearance. Now black students are pushing back.