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Canadians Call For Action After Remains Found At Ex-Indigenous School

7:06am June 01, 2021

by Emma Jacobs

The remains of 215 indigenous children at a school prompt calls for an investigation. At one time, more than 150,000 children were taken from families and placed in those schools to assimilate.

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Dejuan McCurrie said he didn't know his photograph would come out as well as it did. "I was just playing around [with my cousins]. And I took the picture."

These Young Students Learned Photography And Gained Community During The Pandemic

12:41pm May 31, 2021

by Michele Abercrombie

As the pandemic isolated students across the country, four photo programs worked to counteract that solitude. Students learned skills and documented their experiences, capturing a moment in history.

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An Illinois Man Waits 80 Years To Graduate From College

5:26am May 31, 2021

Bill Gossett, 97, left college to serve in WWII. He didn't go back until his 90s. In 2020 he finished an Associate of Arts degree, but had to wait a year for the ceremony because of the pandemic.

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High School Seniors Reflect On Another Unusual School Year

8:56am May 30, 2021

The class of 2021 has had a strange senior year. Three teens, Gerald Burton, Emily McNichol, and Kimberly Rochin, talk about the weirdness and what they actually learned about life and themselves.

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Kamala Harris Makes History At Naval Academy Commentement Address

8:44am May 29, 2021

by Tamara Keith

Vice President Kamala Harris yesterday became the first woman to deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy. She addressed cyber security threats against the U.S.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a bill into law that bans the teaching of critical race theory in Oklahoma schools.

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Teachers Say Laws Banning Critical Race Theory Are Putting A Chill On Their Lessons

1:53pm May 28, 2021

by Adrian Florido

Educators say Republican bills to restrict teaching on race are forcing teachers to second-guess whether they can lead students in important conversations at a critical time.

Chadwick Boseman's Name Is Cemented With Howard University's College Of Fine Arts

7:28am May 28, 2021

Howard University honors one of its alumni, Chadwick Boseman, by naming the newly reestablished College of Fine Arts after him.

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Students Compete To See Who Has The Best Cursive Writing

5:06am May 28, 2021

Remember cursive writing? Well it fell out of favor but some schools are bringing it back and students are actually competing at mastering cursive writing.

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Haunted By Boarding School, Phoebe Wynne Twists The Classics In Debut Novel 'Madam'

5:33pm May 27, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Phoebe Wynne about how her experience attending and teaching in boarding schools and the grim fates for women in the classics shaped her debut novel Madam.

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Legacy admissions have long been a target for reform.

Colorado Becomes 1st State To Ban Legacy College Admissions

2:54pm May 27, 2021

by Elissa Nadworny

Colorado has become the first state to do away with legacy admissions in public colleges. The governor also ended a requirement that public colleges consider SAT or ACT scores for freshmen.