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Students walk between buildings in September 2014 at the Little Singer Community School in Birdsprings, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation.

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  • Education

Arizona offers free college tuition to the state's Native students

The University of Arizona joins schools in a number of other states in covering tuition and fees for tribal members, who have been less likely than other Americans to pursue higher education.

June 28, 2022
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By:
  • Sequoia Carrillo
School traffic cameras

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  • Law

New automated traffic cameras catch thousands speeding in Bibb County school zones

Bibb County installed three automated school zone speed cameras in the late spring with plans to install more in the coming months. In the final two weeks of school, more than 2,000 citations were issued and more than 5,000 received warning letters in the mail.

June 28, 2022
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By:
  • Laura Corley
School safety conference

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  • Education

Shootings hot topic in Columbus during state’s school safety conference

The conference hosted by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency has been held every year since 2009, offering a chance to share knowledge on matters ranging from bullying prevention and emergency weather preparation to gang activity, student drug use and mass shootings.

June 24, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Teacher and students in classroom

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  • Education

State awards teacher tax credits in hopes of recruiting more educators

Each teacher selected for the program will receive a $3,000 credit on their state income taxes each year for five consecutive school years.

June 23, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks at the White House on April 27. The Biden administration proposed a dramatic rewrite of campus sexual assault rules on Thursday, moving to expand protections for LGBTQ students, bolster the rights of victims and widen colleges' responsibilities in addressing sexual misconduct.

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  • Education

Biden's Title IX reforms would roll back Trump-era rules, expand victim protections

The administration proposed an overhaul of regulations to expand protections for LGBTQI+ students and require schools to respond to all sexual discrimination complaints.

June 23, 2022
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
GPB News NPR

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  • Education

Getting a bachelor's degree in prison is rare. That's about to change

Kenny Butler and Daniel Duron worked toward their degrees while in prison. Their journey could become more common with Pell grants becoming available to incarcerated people.

June 23, 2022
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny and
  • Lauren Migaki
GPB News NPR

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  • Education

A man started his college degree in prison. Can he finish on the outside?

Daniel Duron got a rare opportunity to work on his bachelor's degree while in prison. Early release means he'll have to finish his final semester as a college student on the outside.

June 23, 2022
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny
Columbine Principal Frank DeAngelis listens to his students, survivors of the shooting, in April 2019 as he attends "Columbine 20 Years Later: A Faith-based Remembrance Service" at Waterstone Community Church in Littleton, Colo. A dozen students and one teacher were massacred by two heavily armed students.

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  • National

A small, growing group of survivors advises school leaders after mass shootings

Frank DeAngelis was principal at Columbine High School in Colorado when 12 students and a teacher were killed there. He helps lead a group that offers aid and a sounding board after each fresh attack.

June 23, 2022
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Christopher Dean Hopkins
Ohio State University has won its fight to trademark the word "The." The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved the university's request on Tuesday.

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  • National

Ohio State gets approval to trademark 'The' for merchandise

The school says it allows Ohio State to control use of "The" on branded products associated with and sold through athletics and collegiate channels, such as T-shirts, baseball caps and hats.

June 22, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Ohio State University has won its fight to trademark the word "The." The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved the university's request on Tuesday.

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  • National

Ohio State gets approval to trademark 'The' for merchandise

The school says it allows Ohio State to control use of "The" on branded products associated with and sold through athletics and collegiate channels, such as T-shirts, baseball caps and hats.

June 22, 2022
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Education

6 things we've learned about how the pandemic disrupted learning

As a third pandemic school year draws to a close, new research offers the clearest accounting yet of the pandemic's academic toll.

June 22, 2022
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By:
  • Cory Turner

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  • Law

Supreme Court rules Maine's tuition assistance program must cover religious schools

The 6-3 opinion, which was along ideological lines, invalidates provisions in 37 state constitutions that ban the direct or indirect use of taxpayer money in religious schools.

June 21, 2022
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
GPB News NPR

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  • Education

1 man is determined to break the cycle and not end up back in prison

Daniel Duron changed his life by earning his bachelor's degree behind bars. His path will be more available next year, when people in federal and state prisons will once again qualify for Pell grants.

June 21, 2022
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny
In this May 22, 2018 file photo, the spire of the Baker-Berry Library stands above The Green at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.

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  • Education

Dartmouth College is eliminating loans from its financial aid packages

Under the campaign, the school has also offered need-blind admissions to international students and increased the household income limit for full scholarships to $125,000.

June 21, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Brit Oliphant connected with her fourth-grade student, Seth Snyder through skateboarding. Brit was shocked to find out Seth was so passionate about skating but didn't have a skateboard of his own. She started an organization, Boards 4 Buddies, to change that.

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  • Family

A teacher in Hawaii is rehoming surfboards and skateboards to underprivileged kids

A schoolteacher in Hawaii connected with a student through skateboarding, only to find out he couldn't afford a board of his own. She started a grassroots organization to fix that.

June 21, 2022
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
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