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  How local innovations are fueling Native American graduation gains at federally funded schools

  PBS News - Savannah Peters, Associated Press

  During his senior year of high school on the Puyallup Reservation, Gerald Dillon traded much of his academic coursework for career training. When he …

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  Innovation, data fixes fuel Native American graduation gains at federally funded schools

  PBS News - Savannah Peters, Associated Press

  During his senior year of high school on the Puyallup Reservation, Gerald Dillon traded much of his academic coursework for career training. When he …

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  Trump's actions signal a move toward institutionalizing people with disabilities, advocates warn

  PBS News - Annie Ma, Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities — rights …

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  Required Bible stories for Texas students challenge separation of church and state

  PBS News - William Brangham , Jackson Hudgins

  Passages from the Bible will now become required reading for public school students in Texas. The Republican-controlled state board of education …

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  Texas education board approves Bible stories as required reading in public schools

  PBS News - Jamie Stengle, Associated Press , Jim Vertuno, Associated Press

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas education board on Friday approved a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that …

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  Families of kids with disabilities warn Education Department changes could break a flawed system

  PBS News - Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press , Annie Ma, Associated Press , Moriah Balingit, Associated Press

  For months, and sometimes longer, parents of kids with disabilities say they have waited for the Education Department to make progress on their …