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After leaving prison, returning citizens find new ground on this Michigan farm

By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

We the People Opportunity Farm is a nonprofit organization and organic farm changing the soil in people’s lives and reducing recidivism one seed at a time in in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan.

WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing after releasing a report on the spike in sexual misconduct at military academies

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

A new report says the U.S. military academies must improve their leadership, stop toxic practices such as hazing, and shift behavior training into the classrooms in order to address an alarming spike in sexual assaults and misconduct.

WATCH: ‘The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action’ – The 2023 Hutchins Forum

By News Desk

Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Henry Louis Gates Jr. hosted the 2023 Hutchins Forum on the rise and fall of affirmative action.

North Carolina lawmakers override veto on bill limiting LGBTQ instruction in early grades

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

The measure requires public school teachers to generally alert parents before they call a student by a different name or pronoun. It also bans instruction about gender identity and sexuality in K-4 classrooms.

UN envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity for denying education, employment to women

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

Gordon Brown told a U.N. conference on the second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan that its rulers are responsible for "the most egregious, vicious and indefensible violation of women's rights and girls' rights in the world today."…

Biden administration urges colleges to pursue racial diversity without affirmative action

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

New guidance from the Biden administration urges colleges to use a range of strategies to promote racial diversity on their campuses after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in admissions.

The legal battle in Oklahoma over public funding for a religious charter school

By John Yang, Adam Kemp, Claire Mufson

For several years, the Supreme Court has been lowering the barrier between church and state in education. Now, Oklahoma officials have approved what would be the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school, setting off a court battle that will…

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Kentucky school district’s bus route meltdown draws public outrage, calls for change

By Bruce Schreiner, Dylan Lovan, Travis Loller, Associated Press

It took just one disastrous day for Jefferson County Public Schools leaders to completely reexamine the transportation plan for Kentucky's largest district, which serves 96,000 students.

Conservative groups ask federal court to block Biden student loan forgiveness plan

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

Two conservative groups are asking a federal court to block the Biden administration's plan to cancel $39 billion in student loans for more than 800,000 borrowers.

Moms lose more sleep than dads during the school year, researchers find

By Todd Jones, Benjamin Cowan, Jeff Swigert, The Conversation

Parents spend more time actively engaged with their kids – such as helping with homework or reading together – during the school year than during summer. But the difference is almost three times greater for moms than for dads.