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Public school enrollment falling nationwide, data shows
More and more, parents are opting America’s children out of public school.
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Children's YouTube star ‘Ms Rachel' fights NYC early childhood education cuts
Beloved children’s YouTube star Ms Rachel said she wants to give New York City Mayor Eric Adams a lesson in early childhood funding. Ms Rachel, who has nearly 10 million subscribers to her YouTube channel, is calling out Adams for cuts to education programs and proposed cuts. “Here in New York City, our mayor cut $400 million from early childhood…
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Children's YouTube star Ms. Rachel fights NYC early childhood education cuts
Beloved children’s YouTube star Ms. Rachel said she is going to Washington, D.C. to advocate for budget cuts to New York City’s education system.
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About 1 in 4 U.S. teachers say their school went into ‘gun-related lockdown' during last school year
About 15% of teachers say a gun-related lockdown happened once during the 2022-23 school year, and 8% said it happened more than once, according to findings from the Pew Research Center.
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Winners of national penmanship contest crowned as handwriting is ‘having a moment'
A growing number of states are requiring cursive instruction in schools. Recent research supports the benefits of writing on paper.
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High school teacher and students sue over Arkansas' ban on critical race theory
A high school teacher and two students are suing Arkansas over the state’s ban on critical race theory in public schools. The lawsuit was filed Monday by the teacher and students from Little Rock Central High School.
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The best and worst paying college majors, 5 years after graduation
Engineer majors earn double that of liberal arts majors five years after college.
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Hundreds of thousands of financial aid applications need to be fixed after latest calculation error
The U.S. Education Department says it discovered a calculation error in hundreds of thousands of student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them, a blunder that follows a series of others and threatens further delays to this year’s college applications.
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Why you should stop texting your kids at school
Parents are keenly aware of the distractions and the mental health issues associated with smartphones and social media, but teachers say they might not realize how much those struggles play out at school.
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Florida school permission slip for reading of African American author's book causes controversy
Parents were raising eyebrows after they were asked by a Miami-Dade school to consent to having their children participate in a book reading by an African American author.
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Many kids are still skipping kindergarten. Since the pandemic, some parents don't see the point
For many families, kindergarten is no longer the assumed first step in a child’s formal education, another sign of the way the pandemic and online learning upended the U.S. school system.
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Lacking counselors, US schools turn to the booming business of online therapy
At least 16 of the 20 largest U.S. public school districts are offering online therapy sessions to reach millions of students, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.
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New York's College of Saint Rose will close in May 2024 amid financial woes
The College of Saint Rose, a century-old Roman Catholic College in Albany, New York, will close in May 2024 after years of financial struggles, college officials announced Friday.
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Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana's unapproved schools
Nearly 9,000 private schools in Louisiana don’t need state approval to grant degrees.
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Biden administration seeks to raise Head Start teacher salaries, but without more money enrollment will need cuts
A new plan from the Biden administration could significantly increase salaries for hundreds of low-paid early childhood teachers caring for the country’s poorest children. But it might also force some centers to cut enrollment.
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Teachers turn to OnlyFans amid low wages and crippling student loan debt. But there's a risk
Grappling with mounting bills and a hefty pile of student loan debt to pay off, these teachers turned to OnlyFans as a way to supplement their income.
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Many parents don't know when kids are behind in school. Are report cards telling enough?
Many parents rely on report cards for a sense of their children’s progress, but researchers say they might be missing the whole picture.
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Fighting Hate by Teaching Tolerance in Schools
Hateful incidents on college campuses across the country is prompting educators to push for new ways of teaching tolerance in high schools. Greg Cergol reports.
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This month, 200,000 high school seniors will get automatic college acceptance letters — before even applying
To improve college access, a new direct admissions program will send automatic acceptances to 200,000 high school seniors.
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ACT test scores for US students drop to new 30-year low
High school students’ scores on the ACT college admissions test have dropped to their lowest in more than three decades.