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A crusade to end grading in high schools

Scott Looney, the head of the Hawken School near Cleveland and a leader in private education, had become disenchanted. The majority of American high schools, […]

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For weary parents, Pfizer vaccine results for younger children are a ray of hope

WASHINGTON — Ever since schools closed in March 2020, the parents of school-age children have lived with a daily sense of uncertainty. When would schools […]

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‘Homecoming’ to a ghost town sparks Greek Cypriot anguish

VAROSHA, Cyprus (AP) — The freshly paved street with its new bicycle lane markings meanders through the heart of abandoned Varosha, in ethnically split Cyprus’ […]

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More than half of Florida’s students now go to schools with mask mandates, defying DeSantis

HIALEAH, FLORIDA – AUGUST 05: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference held at the Assault Brigade 2506 Honorary Museum on August 05, […]

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Texas parent rips mask off teacher’s face, school official warns: ‘Do not fight mask wars in our schools’

A teacher, wearing a protecive face mask, teaches to schoolchildren in a classroom at a private school in Saint-Sebastien-sur-Loire, as France will start its third […]

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Biden criticizes GOP governors over opposition to school mask mandates

WASHINGTON — Educators should continue to resist Republican governors who have tried to ban mask mandates in schools, President Biden said in a White House […]

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White House escalates battle with Republican governors over masking in schools

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Tuesday that school districts across the nation should follow federal masking guidelines, even if that means resisting Republican governors […]

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Lost Lives, Lost Culture: The Forgotten History of Indigenous Boarding Schools

DURANGO, Colo. — The last day Dzabahe remembers praying in the way of her ancestors was on the morning in the 1950s when she was […]

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Massage schools across the US are suspected of ties to prostitution and selling fake diplomas. Many remain open.

Around the country, massage schools in towns large and small are suspected of ties to the illicit massage industry, a billion-dollar black market in the […]

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Poll: The real reason Republicans are so riled up about ‘critical race theory’

Conservatives claim that schools are indoctrinating students in “critical race theory.” Liberals argue that conservatives don’t even know what critical race theory is — and […]