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Pushing past home economics stereotypes, these FCS teachers prepare students for a modern workforce

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In the 1990s, family and consumer sciences (FCS) was used to expand the personal and occupational skills of students. Today, project-based learning and decision making are the focus for both hard skills, like financial literacy, cooking and design, and soft skills, like how to present oneself at work or a job interview, how to interact with others, and when to get off your cell phone.
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How racial disparities in financial education affect America’s wealth gap

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Only 25 states require high schoolers to take a personal finance class, and schools with predominantly Black and brown students are less likely to offer those courses.
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Student Reporting Labs speaks with the U.S. surgeon general on youth mental health

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The new season of PBS NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs podcast “On Our Minds” is underway. In this episode of the series that focuses on mental health challenges among young people, Bree Campbell and James Kim speak with U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy.
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What’s driving a special education teacher shortage and how schools are responding

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At the beginning of the current school year, 70% of schools surveyed said they had openings for special education teachers. PBS NewsHour asked special education teachers and administrators to tell us how the shortage is affecting them.
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LGBTQ+ rights group sues over Iowa law banning school library books, gender identity discussion

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The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa and Lambda Legal announced the federal lawsuit Tuesday, saying the law passed earlier this year by the Republican-led Legislature and enacted this fall “seeks to silence LGBTQ+ students, erase any recognition of LGBTQ+ people from public schools, and bans books with sexual or LGBTQ+ content.”
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11-year-old author Linda Pistun on changing the world by teaching girls science

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Five years ago, Linda Pistun set out to achieve two goals: end world hunger and improve science education in public schools. In August, at the age of 11, she became a published author. John Yang speaks with Pistun about how she’s trying to change the world through astrophysics, mealworms and teaching young girls science.

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