Can college sports teams unionize? We're about to find out.

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Players on the Dartmouth men's NCAA basketball team have filed a petition to unionize.

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One rural Alabama school district figured out how to improve students' math scores: longer classes, group learning, and data diving

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Piedmont Elementary School math teacher Cassie Holbrooks helps a small group of fourth-grade students with a three-digit subtraction problem in Piedmont, Alabama, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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I'm an NYU student who studied abroad twice for free. Though I experienced racism overseas, I still plan on studying abroad a 3rd time.

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The author.

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School Surveillance Tools Are Harming Kids and Making It More Difficult to Finish Homework, Report Finds

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The pandemic-era shift to remote learning sparked an acceleration of an already growing trend: education technology companies jockeying to sell schools on systems for monitoring students and filtering their internet browsing.

Pennsylvania school district hit with anti-trans bomb threat after conservative media covers local bathroom debate

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Parents are hiring 'moms' to iron sheets and make beds for their college students away from home

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There are local support options available to students who are far away from their parents, but it comes with a price tag.

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The pressure to land a stellar internship as a college student is so high. I've considered skipping class for interviews and spent hours applying to at least 36 internships.

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My daughter decided to go to college in China. I couldn't be happier about her decision, even though we have no ties in the country.

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The author's daughter in China.

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'Thrown to the wolves': How private investors are jacking up rents and ripping off college students

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Business is booming for investors in college housing, who poured $22.9 billion into the industry last year. But for students, the picture is more fraught.

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The summer is over, schools are back, and the data is in: ChatGPT is mainly a tool for cheating on homework.

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OpenAI has offered teachers a guide on how to use ChatGPT in the classroom as the back-to-school season begins.

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