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NC Educators Struggle To Connect With Students, Fear What’s Lost From Remote Class

4:54pm April 29, 2020

Public school teachers across North Carolina are grappling with changes from COVID-19 restrictions. Buildings remain eerily quiet for this time of year, as students continue with remote learning.

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Eastern Music Festival Cancels Summer Season Amid Coronavirus Concerns

3:28pm April 22, 2020

by David Ford

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Until recently, the Chinese public has been slow to embrace the #MeToo movement. One social media celebrity hopes to change that.

China Has Been Slow To Embrace #MeToo. Pop-Up Sexual Consent Workshops Might Help

12:21pm November 05, 2019

by Amy Cheng

After her own sexual assault, a social media celebrity in China is challenging the country's taboo against frank discussions about sex by hosting consent workshops for students at a Beijing bar.

Kristine Autenreith teaches language arts to juveniles at the Allegheny County Jail. The students are in the jail because they're being tried as adults for crimes such as murder, rape and robbery.

In Pittsburgh, Juvenile Offenders At The Local Jail Go Back To School, Too

1:47pm September 05, 2019

by An-Li Herring

The Allegheny County Jail runs a full high school for juveniles charged as adults. "In this part of the building, you are a student," Principal Jay Moser tells students on the first day.

Education

NC Program Hopes To Keep Students In School, Out Of Court

7:53pm August 12, 2019

by Keri Brown

A program that has taken root in several North Carolina communities to keep kids in school and out of the courtroom could soon expand across the state.

(From left) Sam Adamson, Lori Riddle, Hailey Hardcastle, and Derek Evans pose at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. The teens suggested legislation to allow students to take "mental health days" as they would sick days.

Health & Safety

Feeling Blue? Oregon Students Allowed To Take 'Mental Health Days'

6:28pm July 22, 2019

by Dani Matias

The state, which has one of the higher suicide rates in the U.S., hopes the law will combat stigma around mental illness. Four teen activists encourage others to "admit when they're struggling."

Dr. Seuss Books Can Be Racist, But Students Keep Reading Them

6:58pm February 26, 2019

A recent study found that Dr. Seuss books can be pretty racist. It's highlighted a growing debate: Should schools teach classic books that may be problematic or trade them for socially conscious ones?

Education

School Where Student With Autism Died Violated State Regulations, Officials Say

9:57pm December 09, 2018

by Cat Schuknecht

The 13-year-old died two days after he was physically restrained by a staff member at a private school that provides special education services to students in California.

Offering therapy to children in need at school makes sense, says Sarah Nadeau, who adopted two girls from a family that struggled with addiction, because sometimes school is the only stable place they have.

School-Based Counselors Help Kids Cope With Fallout From Drug Addiction

9:05am December 05, 2018

by Rachel Gotbaum

More than 50 Massachusetts schools are participating in a new program that brings counselors in to help children deal with the stress and trauma of living in families struggling with drug addiction.

A former University of Southern California gynecologist has been accused of sexual harassment or abuse by hundreds of women.

USC Reaches $215 Million Settlement Over Gynecologist Abuse Allegations

5:51pm October 19, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The tentative deal would compensate current and former female students who were patients of former USC gynecologist George Tyndall. He has been accused by about 500 women of sexual misconduct.