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Daily News Lesson August 12 2025

What Jen Pawol’s debut means for the future of women umpires in Major League Baseball

Learn more about Jen Pawol’s Major League Baseball umpiring debut and why it marks a milestone for gender equality

Daily News Lesson June 20 2025

Afghan girl accepted to U.S. colleges faces uncertain future after Trump's travel ban

Learn about how Trump's travel ban could potentially affect many people, including one Afghan girl who is striving to pursue her education after being accepted into multiple U.S. colleges

Ground personnel carry NASA astronaut Cady Coleman shortly after landing in the Soyuz TMA-20, southeast of Zhezkazgan

Daily News Lesson July 10 2024

Former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman on the joys and challenges of life in space

Learn about a former astronaut's experience in space and her insights for our life on Earth

Daily News Lesson March 09 2022

"Pay equality is a problem we can fix." -- UN Report for International Women's Day

ADDITIONAL STORIES: Learn the latest on Ukraine by choosing one of these five different news segments

Lesson Plan August 28 2020

Lesson plan: Build your own knowledge of the suffrage movement

Learn some of the often overlooked stories of the suffrage movement

Lesson Plan March 15 2019

Girl coders crack glass ceiling | STEM Student Reporting Labs

In this lesson, students will learn about the engineering design process and use it to address the gender gap in STEM.

Daily Video August 01 2017

Ambitious girls ride the waves in Bangladesh's beach town

In the South Asian country of Bangladesh, poverty is widespread and girls are often married in their early teens. However, at the world's longest beach and Bangladesh's only beach town, which has one of the highest rates of poverty in the country, a group of girl surfers feel empowered when they might otherwise be expected to fulfill traditional roles in the house.

Daily Video July 27 2017

All-girls robotics team from Afghanistan competes after initial visa denial

An all-girls team from Afghanistan reached the United States for a robotics competition after having their visas denied twice by American officials. Finally, they were allowed into the country.

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