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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Department of Education Staff Layoffs

Daily News Lesson March 21 2025

What's next for the Department of Education after Trump begins effort to eliminate it

Learn what the Department of Education does and what shutting it down would mean for the U.S.

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Educator Voices June 16 2024

Educator Voice: "It's not magic, it's science!"

Watch Jay Flores talk about his "It's not magic, it's science!" program that teaches students how to apply STEM to everyday situations

Banned Books

Daily News Lesson March 03 2023

Top stories: Librarians push back against book bans + News wrap 3/3/23 + Student video

Discuss the latest on attempts to remove books from libraries and the fight over library board control

United States Supreme Court issues rulings on Capitol Hill in Washington

Daily News Lesson December 09 2021

Supreme Court visits separation of church and state once again

Understand the sides in a lawsuit that may change the way states approach funding religious vs. secular schools

Manatee County COVID-19 Mobile Testing Site

Daily News Lesson August 06 2021

School districts sue as mayor defies Arkansas mask mandate ban

Discuss the challenges some states are making to local rules about masking in public schools

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Educator Voices July 02 2021

Teaching bans on 'divisive concepts' including systemic racism and Critical Race Theory

Hear from best-selling author Fredrick Joseph on what the push to ban "divisive concepts" in the classroom means

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Post February 16 2021

Educator Voice: Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding on what it takes to keep classrooms safe

Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, epidemiologist, fellow at Federation of American Scientists and father to a 7-…

FILE PHOTO: A teacher sits in an empty classroom after Tamil Nadu state government ordered the closure of primary schools across the state amid coronavirus fears, in Chennai

Post March 18 2020

Educator Voices: How the coronavirus pandemic will change education

In this Educator Voices, seven educators share a variety of perspectives on how coronavirus has aff…

U.S. President Trump speaks about the U.S response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House

Daily Video March 12 2020

Coronavirus update: Health questions, Trump's speech, schools' response

Use this NewsHour Extra lesson to learn about Trump's address concerning the coronavirus and how schools and colleges are reacting.

Students participate in the National School Walkout in La Crescenta, California

Student Voices March 07 2019

Student Voice: How do new school safety measures make students feel

Hear from one student on how school safety measures affect students' mental health

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