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Columbine, Parkland students unite for voter registration
DENVER (AP) — A planned national high school walkout for gun control on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting Friday won’t include student protests at the Colorado school that changed the way the nation…
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The Latest: Hundreds gather near Columbine for voting rally
DENVER (AP) — The Latest on students’ push for gun control (all times local): 7:30 p.m. About 1,000 people, including a group of students from Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, gathered in a park…
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Lecturer slams school for not backing Bush-tweet professor
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A Fresno State lecturer who says he was demoted after posting a tweet that Donald Trump “must hang” says the university president is again failing to defend academic freedom, this time…
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Arizona schools, parents plan for possible teacher strike
PHOENIX (AP) — The potential for Arizona teachers to launch a first-ever statewide strike has school districts, parents and education officials making contingency plans despite a lack of clarity about what may happen and when.…
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Illinois plan: Replace armed school officers with therapists
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Some Illinois lawmakers want to give extra money to schools that replace armed security officers with unarmed social workers and behavior therapists, an approach to safety that’s far different than a…
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Kansas teacher moves after receiving threats for being gay
SENECA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas teacher said he abandoned his job and home state following months of harassment for being gay. Former Nemaha Central High School teacher Michael Hill was the target of cyberbullying…
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Student says Confederate flag theft sparked protests
DETROIT (AP) — A student who led a two-day demonstration outside of his central Michigan high school this week said it was in response to the unpunished theft of a Confederate battle flag from his…
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The Latest: Student: Confederate flag theft sparked protests
AUBURN, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on Confederate flag demonstrations outside of a Michigan high school (all times local): 5:10 p.m. A student who led a two-day demonstration outside of his central Michigan high school…
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Trump: honored to be speaker at Naval Academy graduation
City officials in Maryland say President Donald Trump will give the commencement speech to the U.S. Naval Academy’s 2018 graduating class.
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Defense pushes to dismiss charges in school shooting plot
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A judge is now open to considering a request to dismiss charges — including attempted aggravated murder — against a Vermont teen accused of planning to shoot up his former high…
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Social media helps fuel teacher activism across the country
PHOENIX (AP) — The public education uprisings that began in West Virginia and spread to Arizona, Oklahoma and Kentucky share similar origin stories. Teachers, long tired of low wages and a dearth of state funding,…
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School safety expert tells Md. teachers: Rethink school shooter profile
A school safety expert who has studied school shootings for several years advised Maryland teachers and school resource officers to throw out the common “profile” of who they think could end up bringing a gun to school.
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School administrators arrested in student ‘fight club’ case
MONTVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A school superintendent, principal and assistant principal were arrested for not telling authorities about a student “fight club” at their Connecticut high school, state police said Thursday. Several organized fights took…
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Younger party official faces test as Cuba’s next president
SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AP) — Raul Castro travels in motorcades of gleaming imported sedans. Rings of grim-faced bodyguards protect him, pistols under crisp guayabera shirts. The 86-year-old outgoing president of Cuba arrives at official events…
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Syracuse fraternity suspended after racist videos released
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Video showing a group of men laughing uproariously at performances punctuated by racist language against blacks, Jews and Hispanics and simulated sex acts has roiled the campus of Syracuse University, and…
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