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As immigrant students flee in fear of ICE raids, teachers offer heartfelt gifts

A fifth grader who left Areli Rodriguez's Texas classroom because his family feared being detained by immigration agents holds the signed soccer ball he received as a parting gift.

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Study finds major disconnect between Black girls and mathematics

A black female teacher holding lessons in mathematics in a classroom.

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Being 'bad at math' is a pervasive concept. Can it be banished from schools?

A young girl answering a mathematical exercise using the board in front of a class.

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Even as Caltech drops calculus requirement, other top universities continue to require the hard-to-find course

A sign for the California Institute of Technology imbedded in a wall of green ivy