A Black Studies Curriculum Is (Defiantly) Rolling Out in New York City
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A Black Studies Curriculum Is (Defiantly) Rolling Out in New York City

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Late last fall at the Hugo Newman School in Harlem, two social studies teachers handed out pages of hip-hop lyrics to their seventh graders, and then flicked off the lights. The students appeared surprised. They had been studying ancient matriarchal societies, including Iroquois…

American Children’s Reading Skills Reach New Lows
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American Children’s Reading Skills Reach New Lows

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In the latest release of federal test scores, educators had hoped to see widespread recovery from the learning loss incurred during the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, the results, from last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress, tell a grim tale, especially in reading: The…

Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case
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Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to consider a high-profile case that could open the door to allowing public dollars to directly fund religious schools. The widely watched case out of Oklahoma could transform the line between church and state in education, and…

2 Dead in Antioch High School Shooting, Nashville Police Say
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2 Dead in Antioch High School Shooting, Nashville Police Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A 17-year-old boy armed with a pistol opened fire in a high school cafeteria in Nashville on Wednesday, fatally shooting one female student and injuring another student before killing himself, the police said. Don Aaron, a spokesman for the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department,…

Syria’s New Rebel Government Orders Changes to School Curriculum, Worrying Some Syrians
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Syria’s New Rebel Government Orders Changes to School Curriculum, Worrying Some Syrians

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines References to the ousted President Bashar al-Assad and his father, who ruled Syria before him, have been removed, as have images of pre-Islamic gods. The definition of a martyr has been changed, and it now means someone who has died for God, not…

Friends From Debrina Kawam’s Happy Past Aghast After Subway Burning
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Friends From Debrina Kawam’s Happy Past Aghast After Subway Burning

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Before she was Debrina, she was Debbie. In her town of Little Falls, N.J., Debbie Kawam was a girl people wanted to be around: the cheerleader with the inner glow, dispensing high-fives in the hallways of Passaic Valley Regional High School, cruising with…