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Ashley Westerman – A new cybersecurity law has gone into effect in Vietnam that puts stringent controls on tech companies...
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Chicago Public Schools will lose millions of dollars in grant money for what federal officials say is a failure to protect students...
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Chad Terhune – Drew Calver, a high school history teacher and swim coach in Austin, Texas, had a heart attack at his home on...
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Anya Kamenetz, Cory Turner – LA Johnson/NPR The U.S. Education Department is going back to the drawing board on some basic...
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Deborah Amos – Syrian refugee girls stand outside their tent at a camp near the border with Syria in eastern Lebanon on June...
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Tovia Smith – Here’s a little pop quiz. Multiple-choice tests are useful because: A: They’re cheap to score. B:...
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Kat Chow – The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian has announced the winning concept for the National...
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Allison Aubrey Twitter Jane Greenhalgh – On New Year’s Eve, back in 2012, Savannah Eason retreated into her bedroom and...
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Police in London have blamed videos from drill rappers as contributing to violence there. However, opinions are split on the...
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Anya Kamenetz – This week, another school shooting is dominating news headlines. At least 10 people were killed, and 10 others...
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Anya Kamenetz – Scott Barry Kaufman was placed in special education classes as a kid. He struggled with auditory information...
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Leila Fadel – Noshaba Afzal (right) — with daughters (from left) Maimona Afzal Berta, 23, Sana Afzal, 16, and Honna Afzal, 18 —...
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Erin B. Logan – When Jason Fennes applied for a job at Cedar Hill Prep School in New Jersey in 2010, the school district where...
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Anya Kamenetz – Maggie Webb, a junior high school math teacher at Clark Avenue School in Chelsea, Mass., volunteered to teach...
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