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Texas A&M professor files lawsuit after firing over gender identity lesson
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (548+ words) HOUSTON -- A Texas A&M University professor who was fired last year after a controversy over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children's literature lesson about gender identity sued the school on Wednesday, alleging the university…...
Bolivia kicks off school year with ban on cellphones
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (268+ words) LA PAZ, Bolivia -- Bolivia began to implement a ban on cellphones in classrooms Monday, as the school year starts in the landlocked South American nation. Children in Bolivia, and teachers, will be asked to keep their cellphones in lockers or…...
School closures in the Southeast stretch into 2nd week after latest winter storm
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (620+ words) RALEIGH, N.C. -- School systems across the Southeast are dealing with weather-related school closures for the second week in a row, leading some to try remote learning while many prepare to add more school days to make up for lost instructional time....
Black history centennial channels angst over anti-DEI climate into education, free resources
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (970+ words) Despite proclaiming last February as National Black History Month, President Donald Trump's second term has been marked by what critics say are attacks on Black history in the United States For academics, historians and activists, the past year has been…...
Texas A&M University to end women's studies due to new policy on race and gender topics
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (793+ words) Texas A&M University is ending its women's and gender studies program and changing the syllabuses of hundreds of courses HOUSTON -- Texas A&M University is ending its women's and gender studies program, changing the syllabuses of hundreds of courses…...
Video Parents, advocates warn of after-school care crisis
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (194+ words) Video Parents, advocates warn of after-school care crisis'ABC News Parents, advocates warn of after-school care crisis ABC News" Elizabeth Schulze reports on the challenge some parents and caregivers face finding affordable care for kids after school. Tracking the deepening polar…...
Video “Ghost students” present new threat to community colleges
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (213+ words) Ghost students" present new threat to community colleges'ABC News Ghost students" present new threat to community colleges ABC News" Steve Osunsami explores the rise of digital thieves stealing Americans" identities and using them to siphon off hundreds of millions of…...
Inside the 'ghost student' scam that uses identity theft to steal college loans and financial aid
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (970+ words) Federal investigators have more than 200 open cases probing these scams. Murat Mayor has no need for an associate's degree. The 58-year-old business analyst already has a Ph.D. But when he and his son, a high school senior, attempted last fall…...
Video After-school care crisis
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (161+ words) Video After-school care crisis'ABC News Federal funding cuts to after-school programs are leaving many families without affordable, safe care options when the school day ends. 'Trump accounts' launch summit at Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC Frigid temperatures getting even colder…...
Palisades high school reopens 1 year after devastating LA fires
1+ week, 1+ day ago (309+ words) Community members welcomed students back to the school. Palisades Charter High School, located in the West Los Angeles community that was devastated by the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, is officially welcoming students back to campus. A release from the school…...