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HOW LEARNING HAPPENS

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Is This Supreme Court Decision The End Of Teachers Unions?

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Students wear clear backpacks outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Monday. The bags are one of a number of security measures the school district has enacted as a result of the Feb. 14 shooting at the school that killed 17. Sun Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images hide caption

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Making Schools Safer: Harsh Consequences, Or Second Chances?

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President Trump, flanked by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, answers questions in August 2017 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. Thursday, the White House announced plans to merge the two departments. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption

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Free College Advisers Make A Hard Decision Less Lonely

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What Teens Really Say About Sex, Drugs And Sadness

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The University of Southern California's provost denies that there was a cover-up of complaints about Dr. George Tyndall, a gynecologist who saw student patients at the Engemann Student Health Center. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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La Guardia Cross and his daughters Amalah, 3, and Nayely, 1. Courtesy of La Guardia Cross hide caption

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How A Dad Filmed His Early Days Of Fatherhood And Became A YouTube Star

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The one-room schoolhouse of Colonial days was a simple design built from local materials. Kids sat on benches with the oldest in the back. While nostalgia has kept these in our minds, they were hardly conducive for much beyond basic rote learning. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption

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Century-Old Decisions That Impact Children Every Day

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