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Teens share the joy, despair and anxiety of college admissions on TikTok

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with New Yorker writer Jay Caspian Kang about his latest piece, "The Particular Misery of College Admissions TikTok."

March 30, 2023
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Elementary schoolchildren in a row

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  • Education

General Assembly passes two bills aimed at improving Georgia’s reading rates

The legislation would require schools to screen students from kindergarten to third grade on their reading proficiency three times a year. 

March 29, 2023
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  • Rebecca Grapevine
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Wisconsin school bans Miley Cyrus-Dolly Parton duet from class concert

Administrators at Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha stopped a class from performing a Miley Cyrus-Dolly Parton duet promoting LGBTQ acceptance because the song "could be perceived as controversial."

March 29, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Nashville Police Chief John Drake speaks at a news briefing on Tuesday at the entrance to the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  • National

What we know about the deadly shooting at a Nashville elementary school

Authorities released graphic body camera footage showing the fatal confrontation between police and the shooter at the private religious school. Three children and three adults died in the attack.

March 28, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Body cam footage from Nashville police shows fatal confrontation with school shooter

Police in Nashville released body camera footage earlier Tuesday showing the encounter with the shooter who killed three children and three adults at the Covenant School on Monday.

March 28, 2023
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By:
  • Chas Sisk
One parent complained about the nudity in the Renaissance sculpture, comparing it to pornographic material.

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  • Education

A principal is fired, invited to Italy after students are shown Michelangelo's 'David'

A picture of the Renaissance statue is shown each year to sixth-grade art students at Tallahassee Classical School in Florida, but this month it drew fury. Italians, though, are praising the educator.

March 27, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim

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  • Education

To help new students adapt, some colleges are eliminating grades

Amid growing concerns about mental health, some schools seek to ease the pressure on first-year students. Critics say this "ungrading" amounts to coddling and could set them up for failure.

March 26, 2023
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  • Jon Marcus
Rep. Elise Stafanik, R-N.Y., Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., held an event to introduce the Parents Bill of Rights Act at the U.S. Capitol on March 1.

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  • Politics

What a House GOP messaging bill could spell for 2024 culture war campaign

Although the GOP-led "Parents Bill of Rights" likely won't advance in the Democratic-controlled Senate, the messaging bill highlights Republican priorities as lawmakers eye the 2024 election cycle.

March 24, 2023
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  • Barbara Sprunt
A student hugs a man after a school shooting at East High School Wednesday in Denver.

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  • National

Suspect in Denver's East High School shooting is dead, authorities confirm

A 17-year-old student who shot two administrators at East High School on Wednesday has been found dead in a nearby county, local authorities said. One victim remains in critical condition.

March 23, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
A parent hugs a student as they are reunited after a school shooting at East High School Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver. Two school administrators were shot at the high school Wednesday morning after a handgun was found on a student subjected to daily searches, authorities said.

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  • National

The body of a Denver high school shooting suspect is found near his car

The Park County coroner said the body found Wednesday was Austin Lyle, the student who was accused in the shootings of two administrators of the Colorado high school that he attended.

March 23, 2023
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Florida teacher Adam Tritt and his group, Foundation 451, led the launch of a "Banned Book Nook" at a Ben & Jerry's ice cream store in Melbourne, Fla.

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  • National

Plot twist: Activists skirt book bans with guerrilla giveaways and pop-up libraries

This year is expected to set a record for the number of book bans by public school libraries, so many people are finding creative ways to make banned books available to young readers outside schools.

March 23, 2023
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  • Tovia Smith
First-grade teacher Kimberly Pate is 52 and worked for nearly two decades as a classroom assistant. She is a student in the Mississippi Teacher Residency where she'll get a master's degree plus dual certification in elementary and special education, all for free.

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  • Education

6 things to know about U.S. teacher shortages and how to solve them

There are more teachers now than before the pandemic, so why did almost half of U.S. schools still have teacher vacancies weeks into this school year? Here's what to know.

March 23, 2023
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  • Cory Turner and
  • Nicole Cohen
GPB News NPR

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  • Education

Amid teacher shortages, Mississippi embraces a movement to grow their own

To address chronic teacher shortages, school districts across the country are creating residency programs to better recruit and train new teachers. One program in Jackson, Miss., is already paying off.

March 22, 2023
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  • Cory Turner
First-grade teacher Kimberly Pate, 52, worked for nearly two decades as a classroom assistant. Through the Mississippi Teacher Residency, she'll earn a master's degree plus dual certification in elementary and special education, all at no cost. "How could you pass that up?" she laughs.

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  • Education

What we do (and don't) know about teacher shortages, and what can be done about them

Limited national data suggest teachers are plentiful, but many districts that serve some of the most vulnerable students would beg to differ.

March 22, 2023
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  • Cory Turner
Professor Stephanie Hughes and students categorizing various types of waste in January 2020.

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  • Education

Garbology is the study of trash. This is why students love it

A professor lends worms to students, takes them to sewage processing plants and encourages them to answer their own questions about garbage. Sometimes, they even make a career out of it.

March 22, 2023
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  • Claire Murashima
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