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May 28 2026EDUCATION

Learning Made Fun: A Bingo Game for Obstetrics Training

Students in medical school often find their obstetrics rotations confusing, because the work they do can differ a lot from one hospital to another. This makes it hard for them to know what they should learn and how well they are doing. To fix this, a team created an obstetrics bingo board. The boar

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May 28 2026ENVIRONMENT

Students on Sullivan’s Island Protect Their First Sea Turtle Nest

A tiny sea turtle nest was found right beside Sullivan’s Island Elementary School last Friday, turning a normal day at school into an urgent conservation mission. The kids quickly took to the beach, cleaning up litter and filling in holes that could trap the tiny hatchlings as they hurried toward

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May 28 2026EDUCATION

Balancing screens and learning in Virginia Beach schools

Virginia Beach’s school board is rethinking how young students use computers in class. A new plan would stop pre-K through first graders from using school laptops during lessons next year. Second graders couldn’t take their devices home except in special cases, though they’d still use them at school

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May 28 2026OPINION

Raising kids in the AI era: Why parents can't afford to fall behind

The world is changing fast because of AI, and that includes how we raise our kids. Some parents still think basic childhood milestones like potty training don’t matter much, but in a world where machines do more work, small parenting failures can have big consequences. Schools try to help, but paren

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May 28 2026EDUCATION

Do math scores matter for getting into UC schools?

A group of over 600 UC professors, mostly from math departments, recently sent a letter urging the university system to bring back SAT or ACT scores for STEM admissions. They argue that without these tests, they’re seeing more students struggle with basic math in college courses. Some first-year cal

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May 28 2026EDUCATION

How adult learning helped one NYPD officer design better training programs

Jason Mazeski worked as a training instructor for the NYPD when he decided to advance his education. He chose a master’s program focused on teaching adults because his job involved helping colleagues learn new skills. The program at Buffalo State offered flexible online classes, letting him balance

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May 28 2026POLITICS

Arkansas voters push back on new laws that could silence their voice in making laws

Arkansas gives its people a special power—voting directly on new laws through signatures. For years, this has let citizens push for changes like better pay or healthcare, even when politicians said no. But now, those in charge are trying to make it much harder for regular folks to do this. Last year

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May 27 2026POLITICS

California Schools: A Quiet Crisis on the Horizon

The upcoming state budget would spend about $91 billion on public education, plus an additional $60 billion from local and federal sources, to serve nearly six million students. This money is critical because the quality of schooling shapes California’s future workforce and overall prosperity. Yet,

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May 27 2026EDUCATION

Records of Special Education Students to Be Deleted in 2026

Coweta Public Schools has announced that it will erase all paperwork related to special education students who were enrolled or graduated in the 2020 school year, as well as those who have left the district but once took part in Special Services programs. The planned deletion will take place on June

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May 27 2026EDUCATION

California Schools Fight Back Against Funding Cut

In Sacramento, a coalition of teachers, school boards and labor unions met to protest Governor Newsom’s latest budget move. The governor proposes to pause $3. 9 billion of the mandatory education money set aside by Proposition 98, a law that guarantees about 40 % of the state’s general fund for scho

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