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4 tips for parents and caregivers who want to go to college

Being a student parent or student caregiver comes with its own unique challenges — challenges not every college is equipped to help with.
- Mansee Khurana
Some families are being forced to choose between remote learning and school meals

Many low-income families who want their children to keep learning remotely are losing access to a federal program that helped them pay for meals.
- Cory Turner
Schools scramble to feed kids as supply chain issues persist

Supply chain disruptions have upended school nutrition programs. Everything from food to forks to kitchen staff aren't showing up when expected, leaving schools scrambling to feed kids healthy meals.
- Deena Prichep
More than half of teachers are looking for the exits, a poll says

A new poll from the nation's largest teachers union finds burnout is widespread, and more educators say they're thinking about leaving.
- Anya Kamenetz
U.S. students will take the SAT entirely online beginning in 2024

Students will take the SAT on computers and tablets at testing centers. The test will shrink from three hours to two, include shorter reading passages and allow calculators for the math section.
This is how you create a curriculum the Tulalip way

A curriculum created with tribes not just about them.
- Libby Denkmann
The teen charged in a Michigan school shooting will pursue an insanity defense

A 15-year-old charged with killing four students at a Michigan high school will pursue an insanity defense as he, his parents and school officials face a new lawsuit over the November attack.
- The Associated Press
After 10 days in office, Virginia Gov. Youngkin is facing blowback over new policies

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's administration is pushing a conservative agenda including banning masks in schools, firing professors and urging parents to report critical race theory.
- Ben Paviour
Students, staff became ill as this Monroe school let toxic chemicals go unchecked

Since 2014, students, teachers and parents at the Monroe school Sky Valley Education Center said something didn’t seem right. People were getting sick — having cognitive problems, cysts, and cancer diagnoses. A new report from the Seattle Times and Pro-Publica says that's due to toxic chemicals known as PCBs. And the school has known about them for years.
- Libby Denkmann
Student loan payments resume in May. Here are 7 ways to prepare

First things first: Get acquainted (or reacquainted) with your loans. And don't count on blanket loan forgiveness.
- Elissa Nadworny

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