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Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kimberly Dukes is up as early as 4 o’clock some mornings, driving around Atlanta in her Ford Expedition, knocking on families’ doors. The executive director of the local group Atlanta Thrive, better known as “Momma Dukes,” said she takes as much time as she can searching for chronically absent students […]

Stacy DeRoche Photography (LANSING, Mich.) — When thousands of Michigan State University students returned to campus on Monday for the first day of classes there following a deadly shooting, moms were there to help. The moms stood with signs offering free hugs for the students, many of whom had not returned to campus since Feb. […]

Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Several Florida students say they plan to sue the state and Gov. Ron DeSantis over the state’s rejection of the Advanced Placement African American studies course in state schools. “If he does not negotiate with the College Board to allow AP African American studies to be taught in classrooms across […]

Sheila Paras/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Two students have died after a shooting at their Des Moines, Iowa, school on Monday, according to police. The third victim, a school employee, is in serious condition after the shooting at Starts Right Here, a charter school, Des Moines police spokesman Paul Parizek told reporters. Police later […]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Two students have died after a shooting at their Des Moines, Iowa, school on Monday, according to police. The third victim, a school employee, is in serious condition after the shooting at Starts Right Here, a charter school, Des Moines police spokesman Paul Parizek told reporters. The shooting […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Grace Featherston, a senior theatre education major at the University of Texas at Austin, received an email Tuesday notifying her that TikTok was being restricted at the university, she went on TikTok to share her reaction to the news. She captioned her nine-second video post, “UT Austin just […]

Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — A total of 440 students have been quarantined in Palm Beach County, Florida, due to COVID-19, just two days after the start of the school year, the Palm Beach County School District told ABC News. The district kicked off the school year with in-person classes […]