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• Why Bernie Sanders Is Going All Out for Native Americans
• Low-income high schoolers to get grants for college courses
• Obama says transgender rule is important aid to schools: BuzzFeed
• Educators Talk Eliminating Physical Violence In High Schools
• Should Getting Caught With Pot Keep Kids From Receiving College Loans?
• Schools offer guidance on transgender issues
• Detroit Schools plagued by mismanagement, student losses
• Donald Trump Attends Daughter Tiffany's College Graduation in Pennsylvania

Why Bernie Sanders Is Going All Out for Native Americans Posted: 16 May 2016 03:48 PM PDT Bernie Sanders took his motorcade down a remote highway to visit the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in rural South Dakota, one of the poorest in the country where an estimated 70 percent of high school students will drop out before graduating. Jane Sanders, the senator's wife, had brought a pewter and glass tealight from Vermont, and by the end of the day, Sanders' staff was carrying moccasins, blankets and a bundle of sweetgrass handed to him as a gift from someone in the crowd. From Minnesota to California, Sanders has met privately with Native American leaders from dozens of tribes in the past four months and spoken publicly, at each of his campaign stops, about the hardships their communities face.

Low-income high schoolers to get grants for college courses Posted: 16 May 2016 02:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, thousands of low-income high-school students in nearly two dozen states will soon be able to get federal grants to take college courses for credit, part of a program the Obama administration plans to begin this summer.

Obama says transgender rule is important aid to schools: BuzzFeed Posted: 16 May 2016 01:11 PM PDT President Barack Obama said on Monday that his administration's guidance on transgender issues is needed to help schools grapple with the sensitive topic and ensure that all children are treated fairly. Obama, in an interview with BuzzFeed news website broadcast live on Facebook and YouTube, said schools had been asking the Department of Education how they should handle questions they were facing with transgender youths. - that we give them our best judgment about how to approach it," Obama said.

Educators Talk Eliminating Physical Violence In High Schools Posted: 16 May 2016 05:00 AM PDT Incidents of school crime and bullying are on the decline, according to a new federal report, but high school educators are still working to eliminate physical violence on campus. Last month, 16-year-old Amy Joyner-Francis died from injuries suffered in an assault involving four students in a restroom at Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, Delaware, The Associated Press reported last week. High school educators say building a positive culture where everyone respects one another is key to eliminating and preventing physical violence at school.

Should Getting Caught With Pot Keep Kids From Receiving College Loans? Posted: 16 May 2016 03:09 AM PDT Now, in what's being framed as an advancement in criminal justice reform, the U.S. Department of Education is calling on colleges and universities to eliminate the question, a move that closely echoes the federal "ban the box" initiative to improve hiring for job seekers with criminal records. Last Monday, the department "urged America's colleges and universities to remove barriers that can prevent the estimated 70 million citizens with criminal records from pursuing higher education," including banning questions about an applicant's contact with the justice system. "The college admissions process shouldn't serve as a roadblock to opportunity, but should serve as a gateway to unlocking untapped potential of students," including some who were unjustly charged and others who paid their debt to society.

Schools offer guidance on transgender issues Posted: 16 May 2016 12:09 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — From locker rooms and sex education classes to dress codes and overnight field trips, many U.S. public schools already are balancing the civil rights of transgender students with any concerns that classmates, parents and community members might have.

Detroit Schools plagued by mismanagement, student losses Posted: 15 May 2016 09:17 AM PDT DETROIT (AP) — Michigan lawmakers trying to glue together a plan to fix Detroit Public Schools using taxpayer money are staring down more than a decade of failure with what was once among the largest public education systems in the nation.

Donald Trump Attends Daughter Tiffany's College Graduation in Pennsylvania Posted: 14 May 2016 09:00 PM PDT Joe Biden also was there supporting his granddaughter Naomi.

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