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After the pandemic students are starting to come back to college, report shows
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A new report finds college enrollment numbers, which plummeted during the pandemic, are slowly but steadily ticking back up.
A billionaire surprised graduates onstage with cash, but it's not all theirs to keep
-Billionaire philanthropist Rob Hale gave UMass Dartmouth graduates $1,000 each, and instructed them to donate half. He tells NPR the best cause students can support is one that matters to them.
Louisiana considers law requiring Ten Commandments in public school classrooms
-Louisiana might pass a law requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school classroom. It's a move a few other states have considered after a court decision about religion.
A concentrated dose of history: The class of 2024 looks back
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Everyone says you live through history, but "I don't think anyone prepared us for this much history," say the students in the Class of 2024.
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Why in Alaska foreign teachers can make up more than half the staff
-U.S. schools can make use of special visas to hire teachers from other countries. In some rural school districts in Alaska, foreign teachers make up over half the staff.
Some tuition-paying parents are angry over crackdowns on student protestors
-A lot of colleges have cracked down on student protesters. Some have called in police to break up encampments and arresting protesting students. That's created a lot of angry parents.
How COVID shaped 4 graduating seniors' high school experience
-With graduations around the corner, high school seniors reflect on how the pandemic shaped their experience. Jewel Peterson, Graham Jones, Sarah Foglia and Skylar Ward graduate this spring.
Ohio reviewing race-based scholarships after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling
-Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.
A historically Black university holds what could be its last graduation
-A historically Black university in North Carolina may have had its last graduation as the school fights for its accreditation.
These teens were missing too much school. Here's what it took to get them back
-Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism in the nation's K-12 schools has skyrocketed. These teens are working to get their attendance back on track.
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