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Nadra Nittle
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Moms left scrambling as surging Covid cases force last-minute school closings
Late developments force parents to balance trade-offs on work, child care and health, often with less than a day’s notice.
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Students are experiencing more anxiety and depression symptoms during the pandemic
Transitioning back to school for in-person learning in the fall wasn’t easy for students, especially for youth of color and LGBTQ+ youth.
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Student loan payment pause is extended — but many lawmakers and borrowers want more
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the moratorium on federal student loan payments would be extended to May. Two-thirds of student loan debt is held by women.
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Can pay raises help solve a teacher shortage? States hope so.
They’re trying to retain teachers and attract beginners in a political climate that’s seen educators targeted by parents and policymakers over how history is taught and mask and vaccine mandates are enforced.
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California wants to expand gender-inclusive bathrooms in schools
A committee will begin meeting next year to explore how to increase the facilities after a year in which many states and districts moved to restrict the rights of trans and nonbinary students.
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School lunch providers say that, even with pandemic challenges, they’re not giving up on healthy food
Problems with the supply chain, staffing shortages and COVID-19 safety protocols have meant some school districts have turned to more processed food, while others have found creative, local solutions.
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A ‘double red zone’: Alarms raised at many universities over sexual assault reports
Students at campuses around the country have protested their schools’ handling of sexual assault as more students are on campus for the first time after pandemic-disrupted years.
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‘Let's talk about what truly happened’: Native Americans push for inclusion beyond lessons about Thanksgiving
Many state curricula still don’t mention Indigenous people, or mention them only as part of history. But that’s changing.
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Muslim students often feel unsafe or unwelcome in schools, report shows
The harassment can be particularly hard on Muslim girls who wear hijabs, whose head coverings are sometimes offensively touched.
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Librarians are resisting censorship of children’s books by LGBTQ+ and Black authors
Attempts to keep books out of school libraries aren’t new, but there has been a recent increase in political challenges to literature.