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In Puerto Rico, Natural Disasters Take A Mental And Academic Toll On Children
Matiullah Wesa, cofounder of the education charity PenPath in Afghanistan, speaks to children during a class next to his mobile library in a district of Kandahar Province. Wesa and his brother were among the Afghan men who have called for the Taliban to reverse its bans on higher education for girls. He was arrested in March and has been held in prison since then with no formal charges. Sanaullah Seiam/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In Suzanne Horsley's wellness classes at Toll Gate Grammar School in Pennington, N.J., elementary students learn about the health impacts of climate change. They play games that demonstrate what they have learned. Seyma Bayram/NPR hide caption
New Jersey requires climate change education. A year in, here's how it's going
Students eat lunch in the cafeteria at Tonalea K-8 school in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Dec. 12, 2022. In Massachusetts, a new 4% state income tax on incomes above $1 million will help pay for free school lunches. Alberto Mariani/AP hide caption
View of a damaged classroom in a school in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 2, 2017, after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island. Maria set off a years-long stretch of interrupted schooling for Puerto Rico's children. Hector Retamal/Getty Images hide caption
In the 6th-largest U.S. district, natural disasters have disrupted schooling for years
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Why mathematician Eugenia Cheng is embracing the question, "Is math real?"
Nurse practitioner Arin Kramer prepares to insert a contraceptive implant under the skin of I'laysia Vital's upper arm, as physician assistant Andrea Marquez (rear) offers support. Vital will attend college at Texas Southern University in Houston, where most abortions are banned. April Dembosky/KQED hide caption
California grads headed to HBCUs in the South prepare for college under abortion bans
The exterior of MSU's first campus observatory, circa 1900. Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections hide caption
Lawmakers, teachers, school board members and parents gather for a town hall meeting on new Florida curriculum standards for Black history on Thursday in Miami Gardens, Fla. Daniel Kozin/AP hide caption
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A copy of the book "And Tango Makes Three" is photographed on a bookstore shelf in Chicago in 2006. Months after access to the popular children's book about a male penguin couple hatching a chick was restricted at school libraries, a central Florida school district says it has reversed that decision. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, Florida's governor, speaks during a campaign event in Salix, Iowa, on May 31. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption
Harvard Law School professor and noted defense attorney Charles Ogletree, seen here in 2017, died on Friday at age 70. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images hide caption
Noted defense attorney Charles Ogletree dies
Supporters cheer as Vice President Harris addresses the 20th Quadrennial Convention of the Women's Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church on Tuesday in Orlando. Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption
Gender rights activists demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Many of the bans states passed this year against gender-affirming health care for youth are in federal court and may be on their way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Can states' bans on transgender care hold up in court? We break down the arguments
At Northwestern University, allegations of hazing in its football program led to the firing of longtime coach Pat Fitzgerald (right) and has the school facing multiple lawsuits, with more likely. Here, Fitzgerald leads the football team onto the field on Sept. 24, 2022, in Evanston, Illinois. Matt Marton/AP hide caption
Texas A&M University has come under fire for suspending and then investigating a professor who spoke critically of Texas Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick during a lecture on the opioid crisis last March. Dave Einsel/AP hide caption
Demonstrators protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 29, 2023, after the court struck down affirmative action in college admissions. Activists say they will sue Harvard over its use of legacy preferences for children of alumni. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
Colleges are ending legacy admissions to diversify campuses post-affirmative action
A former volleyball player has filed a lawsuit alleging hazing took place within Northwestern University's women's volleyball team. The Weber Arch at Northwestern University is pictured in 2020, in Evanston, Ill. Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune/TNS/abacapress.com via Reuters hide caption
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Jacqueline Trejo, mayor of Macuelizo, walks past one of the town's murals. The pink flowering tree that's depicted is the source of the town's name. She wanted to Excellerate the quality of life there but lacked the funds to fulfill her plans. Tomas Ayuso for NPR hide caption
