Oakland teachers, school district reach tentative agreement to end strike
More than a week after educators first hit the picket line, the Oakland Education Association, which represents public school teachers in Oakland, California, announced Monday morning it has reached a tentative agreement with the Oakland Unified School District, ending the strike and sending some 35,000 students back to class.
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Florida teacher says she is under investigation after showing 5th grade class Disney movie with gay character
A fifth-grade teacher said she is being investigated by the Florida Department of Education after she showed her students "Strange World," a 2022 animated Disney movie featuring a character who is biracial and gay.
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Washington is determined to govern AI, but how?
By Diane Bartz and Jeffrey Dastin WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers are grappling with what guardrails to put around burgeoning
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Cyclone Mocha floods Myanmar port city, sparing major refugee camps
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -Storm surges whipped up by a powerful cyclone moving inland from the Bay of Bengal
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Nepali sherpa becomes world’s second person to scale Everest 26 times
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU A Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time on Sunday, hiking
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Biden previews 2024 election pitch to young Black voters in Howard University commencement speech
President Joe Biden previewed his 2024 election pitch to young Black voters Saturday in commencement remarks at a Howard University graduation ceremony in Washington, DC, articulating his vision of a "future for all Americans,"
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This lab achieved a stunning breakthrough on fusion energy
After generations of trying to produce the power of a star on Earth, a successful nuclear fusion ignition happened in the middle of a December night and was over in 20-billionths of a second.
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Republicans continue push to restrict teachings on race in South Carolina
South Carolina Republicans are one step closer to restricting how race gets taught in K-12 classrooms
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Tesla shouldn't call driving system Autopilot because humans are still in control, Buttigieg says
The top U.S. transportation official says Tesla shouldn’t call its partially automated driving system Autopilot because the cars can’t drive themselves
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Free speech, racial equity battles play out on Wisconsin campuses
The debate over free speech and racial equity on Wisconsin’s college campuses is intensifying
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Florida rejects social studies textbooks that mention social justice, taking a knee and other content of 'concern'
Florida rejected nearly 35% of social studies textbooks submitted by publishers for approval, including those that referenced social justice and "other information that was not aligned with Florida Law," the state's Department of Education announced Tuesday.
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Explainer: How is the new Google AI search different from Bard chatbot?
By Anna Tong Alphabet Inc's Google on Wednesday demonstrated an updated core search product that embeds more AI
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