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States’ decision to reduce support for higher education comes at a cost wapo.st/2wUE7sh
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Were Alamo defenders ‘heroic’? Committee suggests removing the word from Texas curriculum. wapo.st/2wXcYVB
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‘Play day at Scarpa’: Member quits U-Va. center board a year after proposing a shoe-shopping spree for female staff wapo.st/2MWqzaI
Charter school backers sought to change Florida’s constitution. The state’s high court just knocked their effort off the ballot. wapo.st/2wQm3k8
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Washington and Lee won’t change its name. But a year after Charlottesville, the school is not unchanged. wapo.st/2wQSKwL
To reinstall Silent Sam would ‘herald for the nation and for the world that UNC is not a welcoming place for black people.’ wapo.st/2M4wANi

Perspective | To reinstall Silent Sam would ‘herald for the nation and for the world that UNC is...

A group of black faculty members at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill write that the university must not reinstall a Confederate monument that was toppled by protesters last month to...

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If you don’t know what a 'community school’ is, you should. Take a look at this one. wapo.st/2oQQsdn

Analysis | If you don’t know what a ‘community school’ is, you should. Take a look at this one.

This charter school in New York City commits 50 percent of its enrollment slots to students who are or have been homeless, transitionally housed or in the child welfare system.

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Gifted programs don’t always have all the answers wapo.st/2wRlhm9

Perspective | Gifted programs don’t always have all the answers

Sometimes, students who should get in don’t.

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Ethics board completes investigation into former schools chancellor wapo.st/2wMFlpJ
Cleared of murders, convicted of speech: Bittersweet end to case of accused Goucher professor wapo.st/2MS2kKW

Cleared of murders, convicted of speech: Bittersweet end to case of accused Goucher professor

Leopold Munyakazi had described Rwanda’s massacre as a civil war rather than genocide.

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A sleeping student wouldn’t wake up in class. So an officer pulled out her Taser. wapo.st/2wNecmj
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College Board sued over allegedly recycled SAT test questions wapo.st/2wSu8oc

College Board sued over allegedly recycled SAT test questions

Some SAT questions are recycled from one test date to another -- and some people keep cheating. But the College Board keeps recycling them.

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Young kids are being shuffled from one activity to another -- in school and out. Why that’s bad for them. wapo.st/2oNfqdQ

Perspective | Young kids are being shuffled from one activity to another -- in school and out. Why...

A pediatric occupational therapist says young kids are not developmentally ready to make all the transitions they are being asked to make.

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Hundreds of UNC faculty members urge officials not to restore Silent Sam statue to its original location wapo.st/2wKtDMk
Prince George’s school system expects full day of classes after heat-related early dismissal wapo.st/2wME8yC
‘They can’t possibly shut down early every time it’s going to be hot’ wapo.st/2MNscHA

‘They can’t possibly shut down early every time it’s going to be hot’

Aging air-conditioners on a sultry day force Prince George’s schools to end classes early.

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Mattis said Trump displayed the understanding of a ‘fifth- or sixth-grader.’ Actually, they learn a lot of complex stuff. wapo.st/2Cnt1lz
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A leading African American female engineer: STEM companies don’t do nearly enough to promote women and minorities wapo.st/2NNfeWL

Analysis | A leading African American female engineer: STEM companies don’t do nearly enough to...

"So my plea to companies focused on engineering and science is that no matter what you’re doing now to promote more women and minorities in STEM fields, you could be doing more."

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Still a problem and still outrageous: Too many kids can’t drink the water in their schools wapo.st/2M0ybnh

Analysis | Still a problem and still outrageous: Too many kids can’t drink the water in their...

Another water outrage.

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The education of Betsy DeVos: Why her school choice agenda has not advanced wapo.st/2M0NuMV
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