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The moment British actor and comedian Stephen Fry announced Ranjitsinh Disale as the winner of the $1 million Global Teacher prize.

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  • Education

Village Teacher Wins $1 Million Prize For World's Most 'Exceptional' Educator

Ranjitsinh Disale from India has been honored for finding ways to educate girls whose parents don't want them to come to school.

February 12, 2021
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  • Sushmita Pathak
Empty school corridors have become the new norm in some parts of the country during the pandemic.

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  • National

Teachers Knock On Doors Looking For Students Who've Disappeared From Online Learning

Many school districts across the country have reported big downturns in attendance as they've shifted to remote learning. Some students have dropped off the map entirely.

February 09, 2021
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  • Robbie Feinberg
Despite recent outbreaks that forced temporary closures, the Bruneau-Grandview school board in Idaho voted down a mask mandate in November.

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  • National

A Rural School Under Pressure To Stay Open: 'People Are Just Rough And Tough'

Despite alarming rises in COVID-19 cases and deaths in rural America, some schools are under pressure to stay open for in-person learning while resisting requiring masks and other measures.

December 18, 2020
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  • Kirk Siegler
A sign for a recent graduate is bent but not burned in Blue River, Ore., eight days after the Holiday Farm Fire swept through its business district.

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  • National

Oregon District Offers Online Learning After Wildfire Postpones School

The Oregon school district hardest hit by wildfire is scrambling to create some normalcy and hold classes online. It's unclear how many families can participate since so many are displaced.

October 01, 2020
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  • Elizabeth Gabriel
The UC Berkeley campus sits empty on July 22.The University of California admitted at least 64 students over more qualified applicants due to the students' connections to university staff or donors, according to a California state audit released Tuesday.

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  • Education

Audit: University Of California Admitted 64 Students Over More Qualified Applicants

The students admitted were well-connected to staff or donors and took spots from more qualified applicants.

September 23, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
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  • Health

Parents, Child Charged After 50-Student House Party Leads To Classes Moved Online

The party, which police estimate had at least 50 students in attendance, led to the local high school delaying in-person learning by two weeks as a precaution against COVID-19.

September 23, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
At Northeastern University, 11 students were caught hanging out together in one room, in violation of bans on having guests in campus housing and on participating in crowded gatherings. They were all kicked off campus and out of their program for the semester.

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  • National

Students Accused Of Breaking College COVID-19 Rules Fight Their Punishments

As colleges crack down on students accused of violating strict pandemic safety rules, students are lawyering up to fight their punishments.

September 17, 2020
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  • Tovia Smith
Massachusetts parents sent their child to Attleboro High School despite knowing the teenager was infected with the coronavirus. Above, a coronavirus test is performed at Boston University in July.

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  • Education

Child Positive For Coronavirus Was Sent To School Anyway. Others Quarantining Now

Nearly 30 Massachusetts high school students are quarantining after parents sent their child to school despite receiving a positive diagnosis days before.

September 17, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
"Plebe summer" detailers, or trainers, lead a company of incoming freshman students — the "plebes" — at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.

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  • Education

Can Military Academies Serve As A Road Map For Reopening Colleges?

Mandatory masks, strict discipline and rigorous testing have helped the academies, including West Point and Annapolis, welcome students back to campus. Can other schools learn from their example?

August 14, 2020
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  • Sequoia Carrillo

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  • National

How The Coronavirus Has Upended College Admissions

Because of the pandemic, many students will be applying without standardized test scores and several other metrics selective schools have long relied on to make admissions decisions.

August 12, 2020
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  • Tovia Smith
2017 Graduation at SCAD's Hong Kong campus

Number Of International Students at Georgia Colleges Is Up

The number of new international students attending United States colleges has declined in the last two years, but not in Georgia.

December 10, 2018
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  • Cindy Hill

City Program Aims To Teach Teens And Cut Crime Through Apprenticeships

Students across the state are readjusting their sleep schedules as they head back to school after summer vacation. But not all kids spent the past few...

August 22, 2016
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  • Gabrielle Ware

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