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News Articles: Education

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson led a news conference with Republican committee chairs, including House Education and the Workforce Committee Chair Virginia Foxx, on April 30 to decry reports of antisemitism happening at university protests across the country.

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  • Politics

Columbia University threatened with subpoenas over U.S. House antisemitism investigation

A Republican-led House committee says it would issue subpoenas to Columbia University to get documents it requested months ago for its investigation into reports of antisemitism on campus.

August 01, 2024
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt
In 1994, young people wearing "True Love Waits" T-shirts hammer pledge cards stating they'll abstain from sex until marriage into the lawn of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

30 years later, the evangelical purity movement still impacts sex education

In 1994 on the National Mall, thousands of American teens pledged abstinence until marriage. The movement it created has influenced sex education in schools to this day.

August 01, 2024
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By:
  • Magnolia McKay
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland testifies during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing in May.

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  • Education

Nearly a thousand children died at Indian boarding schools funded by the U.S.

The investigation into abuse and mistreatment of Native children at the boarding schools for more than a century proposes $23 billion in funding aimed at healing.

July 31, 2024
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By:
  • Sequoia Carrillo

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  • Education

He has a badge and a gun — and he investigates school truancy

When students miss lots of school without an excuse, it’s known as truancy — and in Madison County, Ind., it can lead to a visit from truancy investigator Mitch Carroll.

July 31, 2024
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  • Dylan Peers McCoy
Fulton County Schools Superintendent Mike Looney and his administrative staff provided an update on the school district as its First Day Fulton back-to-school event was being held at Riverwood and Banneker High Schools Saturday morning. (Provided by FCS)

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  • Education

Fulton County Schools reports 99% of teacher vacancies filled, AI training begins

The Fulton County Schools system will start the school year with 99 percent of its vacancies filled, AI training, and many completed construction projects, administrative leaders shared in a news conference on Saturday.

July 30, 2024
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By:
  • Bob Pepalis
 A statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Georgia state Capitol. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Education

Georgia schools chief clarifies that advanced African American studies still offered

State Superintendent Richard Woods still doesn’t recommend the course for state approval.

July 29, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Dec. 7, 2023, in Washington.

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  • National

Robert Menendez Elementary School will change its name after the senator's conviction

The New Jersey school will drop the Menendez name it adopted in 2013 now that the senator was found guilty of bribery.

July 28, 2024
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  • Willem Marx
This image provided by the U.S. Department of State shows Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel.

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  • National

U.S. authorities arrest top Sinaloa cartel leader and son of 'El Chapo'

Ismael Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another cartel leader, were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas, the U.S. Justice Department said.

July 25, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Georgia District 9 Representative Nikki Merritt speaks at a rally at the state capitol on July 24, 2024 demanding full approval of the AP African American History course.

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  • News

'It’s not a reversal': Georgia teachers union responds to AP African American History course shift

Superintendent Woods appeared to reverse course on a decision not to give state funding to an advanced Black history class, but educators say the new guidance isn't the same as full approval.

July 25, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
Barb Ibrahim, left, drove half an hour to visit Amber and Matt Luman and their new daughter, Esserley. Ibrahim, a nurse of more than 30 years, is part of new program in Oregon that offers free home visits from a registered nurse for any family with a newborn.

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  • Education

Babies don’t come with instructions. But in Oregon, they now come with a nurse

A new state program offers any family with a new baby a no-cost visit at home with a trained nurse. It’s Oregon’s response to the country’s dismal infant and maternal mortality rates.

July 25, 2024
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  • Cory Turner
Georgia Superintendent of Schools Richard Woods speaks to reporters, Jan. 5, 2024, in Atlanta. Woods, an elected Republican, is refusing to provide state funding for the new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies.

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  • News

In a reversal, Georgia now says districts can use state funding to teach AP Black studies classes

Georgia state Superintendent Richard Woods now says the state will pay for districts to teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies. The announcement came Wednesday, a day after Woods said districts could only teach the course using local funds.

July 25, 2024
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  • Associated Press

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  • News

State schools chief dropping AP African American studies course

State School Superintendent Richard Woods has decided not to recommend adding an Advanced Placement African American studies course to the state’s curriculum offerings during the upcoming school year. 

July 24, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
An ACT Assessment preparation book is seen in 2014 in Springfield, Ill.

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  • Education

The science section of the ACT exam will now be optional

Students can now opt between several versions of the test: the ACT core exam (which includes reading, math and English), the ACT plus writing, the ACT plus science or the ACT plus science and writing.

July 19, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
President Biden speaks about student loan debt, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis.

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  • National

Federal appeals court blocks remainder of Biden's student debt relief plan

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion for an administrative stay filed by a group of Republican-led states seeking to invalidate the administration's entire student loan forgiveness plan.

July 19, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Education

35,000 more public servants see their student loan balances reduced or erased

The Biden administration announced $1.2 billion in student loan forgiveness for borrowers who work in public service, including as firefighters, social workers and teachers.

July 18, 2024
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  • Sequoia Carrillo
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