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Free meals program leaves Bay Area school districts scrambling for cafeteria workers
Many Bay Area school districts are scrambling to meet the demand for more student lunches.
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Free meals program leaves Bay Area school districts scrambling for cafeteria workers
Many Bay Area school districts are scrambling to meet the demand for more student lunches. Marianne Favro reports.
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High school teacher and students sue over Arkansas' ban on critical race theory
A high school teacher and two students are suing Arkansas over the state’s ban on critical race theory in public schools. The lawsuit was filed Monday by the teacher and students from Little Rock Central High School.
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The best and worst paying college majors, 5 years after graduation
Engineer majors earn double that of liberal arts majors five years after college.
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Hundreds of thousands of financial aid applications need to be fixed after latest calculation error
The U.S. Education Department says it discovered a calculation error in hundreds of thousands of student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them, a blunder that follows a series of others and threatens further delays to this year’s college applications.
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Financial aid application issues have students concerned
College acceptance letters are starting to roll in, but this year a major glitch in the new application process for financial aid has brought the process to a halt. Damian Trujillo reports.
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‘Very stressful': Financial aid application issues have students concerned
College acceptance letters are starting to roll in, but this year a major glitch in the new application process for financial aid has brought the process to a halt.
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49ers open applications for ‘Follow Your Bliss' award
The San Francisco 49ers are kicking off a new search for some of the Bay Area’s best teachers.
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Why you should stop texting your kids at school
Parents are keenly aware of the distractions and the mental health issues associated with smartphones and social media, but teachers say they might not realize how much those struggles play out at school.
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Florida school permission slip for African American author's reading causes controversy
Parents were raising eyebrows after they were asked by a Miami-Dade school to consent to having their children participate in a book reading by an African American author.
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South Bay nonprofits raise concerns over state's school funding
A group of nonprofit education groups in Silicon Valley are wading into one of education’s hottest topics.
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South Bay nonprofits raise concerns on state's school funding
A group of nonprofit education groups in Silicon Valley are wading into one of education’s hottest topics. They say something is wrong with the way schools are funded in California. Damian Trujillo reports.
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Meet the man who went viral teaching himself how to read at 35 years old
Get inspired with NBC LA’s Melissa Magee, as she sits down with viral sensation Oliver James who is teaching himself how to read. The 35-year-old took to social media, admitting he never learned to read and wanted to prove that it’s never too late to learn.
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Many kids are still skipping kindergarten. Since the pandemic, some parents don't see the point
For many families, kindergarten is no longer the assumed first step in a child’s formal education, another sign of the way the pandemic and online learning upended the U.S. school system.
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Lacking counselors, US schools turn to the booming business of online therapy
At least 16 of the 20 largest U.S. public school districts are offering online therapy sessions to reach millions of students, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.
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Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana's unapproved schools
Nearly 9,000 private schools in Louisiana don’t need state approval to grant degrees.
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Biden administration seeks to raise Head Start teacher salaries, but without more money enrollment will need cuts
A new plan from the Biden administration could significantly increase salaries for hundreds of low-paid early childhood teachers caring for the country’s poorest children. But it might also force some centers to cut enrollment.
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Teachers turn to OnlyFans amid low wages and crippling student loan debt. But there's a risk
Grappling with mounting bills and a hefty pile of student loan debt to pay off, these teachers turned to OnlyFans as a way to supplement their income.
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Many parents don't know when kids are behind in school. Are report cards telling enough?
Many parents rely on report cards for a sense of their children’s progress, but researchers say they might be missing the whole picture.
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This month, 200,000 high school seniors will get automatic college acceptance letters — before even applying
To improve college access, a new direct admissions program will send automatic acceptances to 200,000 high school seniors.