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In greater Topeka, as in school systems across America, students of color are concentrated in districts that disproportionately serve low-income families.
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Kansas governor cites competition concerns while vetoing measure for school gun-detection technologyGov. Laura Kelly vetoed a measure on Wednesday that could have earmarked up to $5 million for gun-detection systems in schools while expressing concern that it could have benefitted only one particular company.
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The band Cake is known for its musical eclecticism as well as its distinct sense of humor. In its more than 30 years as a musical act, Cake has also found an unusual way to connect with its fans: Trees.
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Kris Kobach has filed a federal lawsuit against the Education Department's revised Title IX rules, which ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. LGBTQ+ students who face discrimination will be entitled to a response from their school and can seek action from the federal government.
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The landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed racial segregation in public schools may have played out differently if it hadn’t been for a tenacious group of women in Johnson County, Kansas, who led their own integration lawsuit five years earlier. The case centered around a two-room schoolhouse and included a lengthy boycott, big-shot NAACP lawyers, FBI surveillance — and six very brave children.
NPR News
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with UNICEF's Ricardo Pires about the destruction of Gaza's education system and its effect on children there.
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In response to a lawsuit from environmentalists, the Biden administration is ending new leases for coal mining on federal lands in the most productive part of America's top coal producing state.
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After months of preparation, the U.S. military is opening a floating pier to deliver humanitarian aid to people in Gaza.
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Just after midnight on May 17, 2004, same-sex couples began filling out marriage license applications at Cambridge City Hall. One married couple looks back on their wedding and how it's gone since.
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Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama finish up five days of voting on whether to join the United Auto Workers union. A ballot count begins Friday morning.