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• Behind legal furor over transgender policy, schools wonder what to do
• Complaint: Black students punished more harshly than whites
• Texas college students rally against gun law with sex toys
• The Latest: District says it welcomes dialogue on discipline
• How Teachers Are Bringing Financial Literacy Lessons to the Classroom
• Schools Are More Diverse, but America’s Teachers Probably Won’t Be
• Why Trump Is Failing With College Grads
• Graduate Students Can Unionize at Private Colleges, U.S. Labor Panel Rules

Behind legal furor over transgender policy, schools wonder what to do Posted: 24 Aug 2016 03:51 PM PDT When a federal judge blocked the Obama administration's guidelines for transgender rights in public schools this week, he stopped schools from having to follow them – at least for the time being. Courts will decide if public schools will have to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice – as President Obama claims federal law demands – or if the injunction against his guidelines will stand. Recommended: How much do you know about gay rights in America?

Complaint: Black students punished more harshly than whites Posted: 24 Aug 2016 02:59 PM PDT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Black students and students with disabilities attending public schools in Virginia's capital city are more severely and more frequently punished than their classmates, according to a complaint filed Wednesday with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights.

Texas college students rally against gun law with sex toys Posted: 24 Aug 2016 02:52 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Hundreds of University of Texas students waved sex toys at a campus rally during the first day of classes, protesting a new state law that allows concealed handguns in college classrooms, buildings and dorms.

The Latest: District says it welcomes dialogue on discipline Posted: 24 Aug 2016 02:45 PM PDT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Latest on a federal complaint alleging that public schools in Virginia's capital city more frequently and more harshly punish black students and those with disabilities than their classmates (all times local):

How Teachers Are Bringing Financial Literacy Lessons to the Classroom Posted: 24 Aug 2016 08:59 AM PDT "When kids know how money works, they are more careful with their spending and take better care of their things that cost money," says Kristi Ekern, a fifth-grade teacher in the Denver metro area. "Children tell me they speak in the evenings with their parents, and parents are listening to the kids when they're evaluating investments," says Neme Alperstein, who recently retired from teaching the fifth grade in Queens, New York. During her 28 years of teaching, she used a program called the Stock Market Game, a virtual investing platform provided by the SIFMA Foundation, to teach students about investing by creating a hypothetical investment portfolio and following real stocks.

Schools Are More Diverse, but America’s Teachers Probably Won’t Be Posted: 24 Aug 2016 03:13 AM PDT In the darkest days of racial segregation, it used to be said that a professionally dressed, well-respected African American strolling through the neighborhood wearing a suit and tie, or a dress with pearls, must be a doctor—or a teacher. At a time when blacks and Latinos make up the majority of America's public school students, however, a new study produced by Brookings' Brown Center on Education Policy shows teachers of color are vanishing from the nation's classrooms at an alarming rate, with surprisingly few college students willing to replace them. "Making serious progress toward a teacher workforce which is as diverse as the students it serves will require exceptionally ambitious patches" to fix the brain drain, according to the study, titled High Hopes and Harsh Realities: The Real Challenge to Building a Diverse Workforce.

Why Trump Is Failing With College Grads Posted: 23 Aug 2016 03:42 PM PDT The support of white voters with a college education is the key battle of the 2016 presidential contest, and Donald Trump is losing it. In 2012 Mitt Romney beat Barack Obama by 14 points among college-educated whites, according to exit polls. The average of top national surveys shows Mr. Trump trailing Hillary Clinton among these voters by nine points, and the latest Pew Research Center survey gives Mrs. Clinton a 14-point edge.

Graduate Students Can Unionize at Private Colleges, U.S. Labor Panel Rules Posted: 23 Aug 2016 10:42 AM PDT A federal labor board ruled that graduate students who teach at private universities are employees with full rights to join unions, a sweeping decision that paves the way for student unionization on campuses nationwide. In a 3-1 decision announced Tuesday, the National Labor Relations Board said a group of Columbia University students who sought to join a union deserved employee protections when they get paid for work at the direction of the school. The victory for the Columbia students could deliver tens of thousands of new members to the nation's beleaguered labor movement, which has seen its ranks decline dramatically.

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