Tag: Education
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No TikTok, no Instagram: Chilean school blocks phones and students rediscover real-world connections
A school in Santiago, Chile, has launched a program that blocks smartphones, helping teens reconnect with the real world
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Utah governor pleads for public’s help in finding person who shot Charlie Kirk on university campus
The shooter who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk and then vanished off a roof and into the woods is still at large more than 24 hours later
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Authorities say student who had been radicalized fired revolver at Colorado school, wounding 2
Authorities say a 16-year-old boy who had been radicalized by an unspecified extremist network fired multiple shots with a revolver during an attack at a suburban Denver school
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Charlie Kirk’s open-air debates made him a draw on college campuses. They also made him vulnerable
Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative activist, was fatally shot Wednesday during an event at a Utah university
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What we know about the Evergreen shooting: suspect identified, schools closed Thursday
Officials identified the Evergreen High School shooting suspect who allegedly injured two students and took his own life as 16-year-old Desmond Holly. Holly allegedly entered the school with a revolver and fired and reloaded “on and on and on,” Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jacki Kelley said at a news conference on Thursday. “The suspect’s…
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Historically Black colleges issue lockdown orders, cancel classes after receiving threats
At least six historically Black colleges and universities received threats or “potential” threats Thursday, prompting lockdowns and class cancellations
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New Mexico is the first state to promise free child care for all families
New Mexico’s governor plans to leverage a financial windfall from oil and gas production to bankroll free child care for families of all income levels
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Disputed charter school funding measure gets a pivotal hearing before the Kentucky Supreme Court
School choice has resurfaced as a hotly debated issue in Kentucky
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Judge issues nationwide block on Trump policy that cuts off Head Start for people in US illegally
A federal judge has issued a nationwide block on a Trump administration directive that prevented children in the U.S. illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program
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Maine principals fight DOJ request for student names in transgender athlete case
A Maine principals’ group is resisting a U.S. Department of Justice subpoena seeking the names of all students playing interscholastic sports