Federal Inside Trump's Full-Force Approach to Ban Trans Athletes and DEI in Schools
Trump has brought a new era of aggressive investigations of entities that flout his orders.
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon accompanied by Attorney General Pam Bondi, right, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon, accompanied by Attorney General Pam Bondi, right, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. The pair were announcing a lawsuit against the state of Maine over state policies that allow transgender athletes to compete in girls' sports.
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Student Well-Being How a School Nurse Convinced Parents to Vaccinate Their Kids Against Measles
“We know that parents trust not only nurses, but especially school nurses.”
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Vials of the MMR measles mums and rubella virus vaccine are displayed Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas.
Vials of the MMR measles mums and rubella virus vaccine are displayed Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. As the West Texas measles outbreak grew, a school nurse in Columbus, Ohio, persuaded parents of unvaccinated children at her school to get immunized.
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Equity & Diversity Anti-DEI Policies Are Ramping Up—With Big Implications for College Access
A new study looks at how students of color could be affected by policies that ban DEI efforts.
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Three high school boys and one high school girl work together on an experiment in AP chemistry class.
Three high school boys and one high school girl work together on an experiment in AP chemistry class.
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Social Studies Opinion Patriotism Done Right: We Can't Lecture Teens Into Loving Our Country
Many teachers long to restore students’ trust in our institutions—but how we do so matters.
Fernande Raine & Susan Rivers
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Curriculum Teaching Personal Finance to Teens in the Age of Online Gambling
States are pushing schools to teach teens how to be responsible with their spending.
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Artificial Intelligence Q&A Making the Case to Students That Math Is Important, Even When AI Does It All
An AI researcher explains how new technologies will affect math teaching and instruction.
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Student Well-Being Video What’s Behind the Political Criticisms of Social-Emotional Learning?
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Students from Suelllen Vesperman’s first grade class dance to the Macarena as they participate in an exercise through the InPACT program at North Elementary School in Birch Run, Mich., on March 2, 2023.
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Middle and high schoolers are a much tougher audience for social-emotional-learning lessons.
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A high school student introduces herself to her classmates and guests in an AP research class.
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Student Well-Being Video The Skills Employers Want Most in the AI Age All Have Something in Common
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