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Second grader<strong> </strong>Augusta Robbins sits on the floor drawing at the temporary Airbnb her family was staying in. Since her family home burned down, she's been drawing a lot of houses.

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  • Education

After fires, LA students yearn to get back to school, and a normal life

The historic fires in Los Angeles meant many students lost homes, schools, or both. Now, as some schools reopen, families are trying to find routine.

January 31, 2025
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  • Jonaki Mehta
GA high school students improved this year on end-of-course tests (photo courtesy of igoghost via stockxchng)

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  • Education

Georgia student scores mostly unchanged in national test

Scores on a biennial federal test for Georgia fourth and eighth graders show that students on the whole are not progressing enough to regain academic losses sustained during the pandemic.

January 30, 2025
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By:
  • Ty Tagami
President Trump at a campaign event in Milwaukee on Oct. 1.

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  • Education

Trump orders Education, Labor and other departments to enhance school choice

The president directed several departments to submit plans for using federal funds to expand school choice.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Jonaki Mehta
People attend the annual Lunar New Year parade in New York City's Chinatown on Feb. 25, 2024.

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  • National

New York becomes the first state to close schools for Lunar New Year

It's the first time New York students will have the day off for the Lunar New Year since a new state law was signed in 2023. In 2024, the holiday fell on a Saturday.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
A student at Longwood Middle School in Middle Island, N.Y., takes a math test.

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  • Education

Nearly 5 years after schools closed, the nation gets a new report card

There's some good news in math, mostly bad news in reading and lots of questions about why students are still struggling.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Cory Turner and
  • Jonaki Mehta
With funding from the National Science Foundation and other government grants, scientists and meteorologists from the Center for Severe Weather Research study a storm in Oklahoma in 2017. They get close to supercell storms and tornadoes to better understand their formation and improve prediction.

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  • Science

National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders

The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.

January 27, 2025
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By:
  • Jonathan Lambert
A deportation officer with Enforcement and Removal Operations in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's New York City field office conducts a brief before an early morning operation on Dec. 17, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York.

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  • National

How districts are responding after Trump cleared the way for immigration arrests at schools

President Trump put an end to a policy that restricted federal agents from making immigration arrests at certain locations, including schools. It's already affecting school staff, kids and parents.

January 27, 2025
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By:
  • Robin Young and
  • Hafsa Quraishi
Students walk across the campus of the University of Maryland. A new round of data shows that college enrollment in the U.S. has surpassed pre-pandemic levels.

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  • Education

In a surprise, U.S. colleges saw higher enrollment last fall

The number of students in undergraduate and graduate programs rose above pre-pandemic levels for the first time.

January 24, 2025
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny
A passerby walks through a gate to the Harvard University campus, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass.

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  • National

Harvard agrees to adopt a broad definition of antisemitism to settle two lawsuits

Several other schools have recently settled similar lawsuits, and suits are pending against others, including the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.

January 22, 2025
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By:
  • Tovia Smith
Alexandria Davis transferred to Virginia Commonwealth University after completing her associate's degree with help from Great Expectations. She says she's used to working her way through school. After transferring to VCU, she got a work study job with the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond.

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  • Education

This Virginia program helps former foster youth get degrees, at any age

Great Expectations was designed to help people who grew up in foster care get their two-year degrees. And unlike many programs for former foster youth, there are no age limits.

January 19, 2025
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By:
  • Megan Pauly
Old photo of fire captain Shane Lawlor and his two sons at a Santa Monica Fire Station. Lawlor has been a firefighter for 17 years. He was dispatched last week to the Pacific Palisades and is still fighting the fires there.

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  • Education

A California fifth grader interviews his firefighter father

Cian Lawlor's father was dispatched to the Palisades Fire just over a week ago and he's been working it ever since. The 11-year-old had some questions for his dad.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Lauren Migaki and
  • Janet W. Lee
I also type with a pencil in my hand.

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  • Education

More teens say they're using ChatGPT for schoolwork, a new study finds

According to the survey, 26% of students ages 13-17 are using the artificial intelligence bot to help them with their assignments.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
President Joe Biden pictured with his Department of Education secretary, Miguel Cardona, in October 2022.

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  • Education

Biden's education grades: F on FAFSA, an incomplete on student loan forgiveness

We asked more than a dozen educators, researchers, advocates and experts how they would grade Biden's education legacy. He got two F's, no A's and lots of votes in the middle.

January 17, 2025
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By:
  • Cory Turner
GSU Law School Among the Nation's Best

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  • Education

Audit finds university system picking up bigger share of student costs

The University System of Georgia has reduced the financial burden of attending college significantly in recent years, the system’s chief financial officer said Tuesday.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp addresses the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

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  • News

Georgia's governor details spending plans but not his top priority of lawsuit reform

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp told business leaders Tuesday that he wanted to invest in infrastructure and education, but he did not detail plans for his top priority to limit lawsuits.

January 14, 2025
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