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Education
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Even dictionaries aren’t safe from censorship in this Florida school district
Escambia County’s school district was already facing a lawsuit over banned books on LGBTQ+ subjects and race. Officials kept removing books anyway under a new Florida law.
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School program reduces trauma in Latina and Black girls but faces implementation hurdles
Working on Womanhood is an evidence-based mental health support for often-overlooked student groups. But challenges to scaling it and programs like it are numerous.
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Claudine Gay’s resignation at Harvard proves Black women’s leadership is still political
Analysis | Much of the criticism wasn’t about legitimate concerns about academic integrity or campus antisemitism. It was about who is in power.
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Education doesn’t solve the pay gap. Experts say they’re not surprised.
The gap exists across industries but is bigger in higher-paying fields, leading to more calls for policies that aid women in the workforce.
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Student loan repayments put a damper on holiday spending — especially for Gen Z and millennials
Borrowers who were already struggling to make ends meet before the pandemic payment pause ended in October are now holiday shopping on an ultra-tight budget.
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How a group of grandparents is mobilizing to push back against Moms for Liberty
Grandparents for Truth, a project of progressive advocacy group People for the American Way, is working to fight book bans, right-wing school boards and what it describes as authoritarianism in the nation’s schools.
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Activists in California school district turn in enough signatures to seek recall race against far-right president
Joseph Komrosky leads the Temecula, California, school board that’s faced national scrutiny for banning critical race theory, endorsing book banning and firing the woman superintendent.
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Students and advocates ‘frustrated’ with Biden administration’s slow response to finalize Title IX changes
House Democrats have urged the Department of Education to act on policy protections for LGBTQ+ students and student sexual assault survivors.
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Three school board members moved this California district to the far right. Women lead the effort to recall them.
The Temecula Valley Unified School District’s conservative majority has ousted its woman superintendent, banned critical race theory and passed a policy to “out” LGBTQ+ students to their parents.