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The College Board will not make any changes to its Advanced Placement courses in response to state laws banning certain topics, including gender and sexual orientation. The statement was made in response to a request from Florida's Department of Education for potential edits to AP Psychology and comes after a controversial rollout of an AP African American Studies pilot course.
Students at a Lincoln, R.I., middle school recently heard from a poet who shared the cathartic healing power of writing to process emotions. Poet Mariadaluz Fortes, mother of a seventh-grader at the school, was invited by teacher Kileen Gilroy to speak with students as part of a lesson on the Harlem Renaissance and the role art can play in exploring social issues.
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Education leaders play a fundamental role in shaping curricular expectations and students’ access to books. But it’s not easy to know how to respond when leaders are under intense political pressure to pull a book (or topic) from the proverbial shelves. Education professors Daniel Liou and Kelly Deits Cutler share five practices leaders can employ to advance equitable curricula.
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Legislation mandating free school meals for all Vermont students, regardless of their family's income, has become permanent law. Gov. Phil Scott ultimately allowed the universal school meal bill to become law without his signature, citing its importance in addressing pandemic learning loss and youth mental health challenges.
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