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(From left) Sam Adamson, Lori Riddle, Hailey Hardcastle, and Derek Evans pose at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. The teens suggested legislation to allow students to take "mental health days" as they would sick days.

Health & Safety

Feeling Blue? Oregon Students Allowed To Take 'Mental Health Days'

6:28pm July 22, 2019

by Dani Matias

The state, which has one of the higher suicide rates in the U.S., hopes the law will combat stigma around mental illness. Four teen activists encourage others to "admit when they're struggling."

Dr. Seuss Books Can Be Racist, But Students Keep Reading Them

6:58pm February 26, 2019

A recent study found that Dr. Seuss books can be pretty racist. It's highlighted a growing debate: Should schools teach classic books that may be problematic or trade them for socially conscious ones?

Education

School Where Student With Autism Died Violated State Regulations, Officials Say

9:57pm December 09, 2018

by Cat Schuknecht

The 13-year-old died two days after he was physically restrained by a staff member at a private school that provides special education services to students in California.

Offering therapy to children in need at school makes sense, says Sarah Nadeau, who adopted two girls from a family that struggled with addiction, because sometimes school is the only stable place they have.

School-Based Counselors Help Kids Cope With Fallout From Drug Addiction

9:05am December 05, 2018

by Rachel Gotbaum

More than 50 Massachusetts schools are participating in a new program that brings counselors in to help children deal with the stress and trauma of living in families struggling with drug addiction.

A former University of Southern California gynecologist has been accused of sexual harassment or abuse by hundreds of women.

USC Reaches $215 Million Settlement Over Gynecologist Abuse Allegations

5:51pm October 19, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The tentative deal would compensate current and former female students who were patients of former USC gynecologist George Tyndall. He has been accused by about 500 women of sexual misconduct.

The shells are trucked over to Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood and once a month are brought en masse to Governors Island in the heart of the New York Harbor. Billion Oyster Project has collected more than 1 million pounds of oyster shells so far.

Oysters On The Half Shell Are Actually Saving New York's Eroding Harbor

8:02am October 10, 2018

by Andrea Strong

More than 70 New York City restaurants are pouring their discarded shells into the Billion Oyster Project, through which students recycle and transform them into healthy reefs in once-toxic waters.

In midcentury home economic classes, girls learned to cook for their future husbands while boys took shop. But now kids might learn about healthy relationships or how to balance a bank account.

Despite A Revamped Focus On Real-Life Skills, 'Home Ec' Classes Fade Away

2:07pm June 14, 2018

by Tove Danovich

Now called family and consumer sciences, courses suffer from few qualified teachers and declining enrollment. But in today's classes, students learn about gardening, nutrition, labeling and finance.

Student Journalists

The Brighter Side Of ADHD

4:05pm May 07, 2018

by Jefri Samodal

Jefri Samodal's behaviour in school was unacceptable.

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High school students in Columbia Falls, Mont., walked out of class to show their support of the Second Amendment on Wednesday.

Students Held Another School Walkout, This Time For Gun Rights

5:23pm May 03, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

A high school senior had called for the nationwide demonstration that took place Wednesday. "These Parkland high school students do not speak for my generation," he wrote in an op-ed.

Greensboro Medical Society Encourages Young Men Of Color To Pursue Medicine

8:14am May 02, 2018

by Bethany Chafin

A Greensboro-based group of doctors is visiting a local elementary school Wednesday to encourage black male students to consider a career in heath care.

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