Education Headlines

How schools are handling AI, screen time and slashes to the Department of Education
Sun Aug 30 8:19 am
How will changes at the U.S. Department of Education affect schoolchildren this year, what's happening with screentime limits in classrooms, and how are schools adjusting to AI?
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School districts face a back-to-school math problem: The high price of diesel
Thu Aug 27 5:01 am
With the war in Iran driving up fuel prices, diesel is now nearly $5.60 a gallon, affecting school districts at the start of the year.
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3 states are testing out drones as a way to stop school shootings
Wed Aug 26 4:45 am
Schools in Georgia, Florida and Colorado plan to deploy a new school safety device: drones.
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When is suspending students discrimination? Education Department renews an old fight
Tue Aug 25 5:00 am
President Trump's Education Department is telling schools to stop considering race when it comes to school discipline.
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Degrees of financial distress: How visa cuts; high tuition crush colleges
Sat Aug 22 7:43 am
We take a look at how a range of concerns, from the cost of a college degree to visas for foreign students, affecting colleges and universities at the start of this academic year.
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Many recent grads say AI is making it harder to get a job. Economists aren't so sure
Thu Aug 20 4:01 pm
The unemployment rate for 22- to 27-year-olds with higher education degrees is above the national average. Is artificial intelligence to blame?
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They grew up with disability rights. Now, they're fighting to keep them
Thu Aug 20 5:00 am
Siblings Cody and Kaleigh Brendle have grown up with the right to community integration. Now, they worry those protections for people with disabilities like them are being eroded.
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15 states have laws that allow corporal punishment in schools. Here's where, and why
Wed Aug 19 5:00 am
There is broad consensus among psychologists that corporal punishment can be harmful to children, but the U.S. has no federal laws banning it in public schools.
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Groups sue Trump administration over new foreign student visa rule
Wed Aug 19 4:45 am
A coalition of labor unions and higher-education groups sued the Trump administration to stop a new rule limiting the time foreign students, exchange visitors and journalists can stay in the U.S.
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College professor shares why she believes AI can help 'strengthen thinking'
Wed Aug 19 4:41 am
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer asks Middlebury College Professor Allison Stanger why she believes the use of AI can improve her writing.
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