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Teachers at the helm: New national AI academy prioritizes educators in classroom tech

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Communities react as students are targeted for deportation

Oregon legislature approves workplace violence bill, sends it to governor

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Kids and PSRPs take the brunt of Trump’s halt to school funding

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How the big, ugly bill puts Illinois students at risk

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Citizenship clinics spark hope

Health professionals chart a course for care—and democracy

Send Congress an SOS on child hunger

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Reconciliation bill threatens education, including college access

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Public employees fight back for democracy

Pride 2025: Activating both joy and resistance

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Keeping up with the changing landscape of student debt

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Mass mobilization training fires up higher ed members

Immigrant crisis on campus

Fairfax County delivers a powerful message: Literacy is a right

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