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Why This Small Dutch Town Is Teaching ‘Adolescence’ in School

The Netflix series is seen as a way to kindle debate about gender roles and to confront online bullying.

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Gijs Korenblik, center left, a teacher in Warnsveld, the Netherlands, showing a scene from the Netflix series “Adolescence” to one of his classes in May.
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U.S. Reading Scores Plummet on Global Exam

Students in Singapore and parts of China had the highest scores on the test known as PISA. Scores for American students were near a 25-year low.

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Experts have said the drops in scores around the world correspond with the growing influence of technology in children’s lives.
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How a Colorado School District Is Fighting Trump’s Anti-Transgender Push

Jefferson County, Colo., is one of the few public school systems to sue the Trump administration over demands that it revoke transgender protections or face funding cuts.

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The dispute has thrust Jeffco Public Schools into the center of a fight that President Trump has led targeting transgender Americans.
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Los Angeles District Bans Most A.I. for Students

New York City announced a similar plan. The Los Angeles moratorium appears to go further with strict limits even for older students.

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The A.I. ban will go into effect for the current school year, even as the officials consider how to deploy A.I. in the future.
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Do Active Shooter Drills Help? Two Asian Nations Grapple With Gun Violence.

After school shootings, Thailand and the Philippines are taking different approaches to the drills, which are common practice in the United States.

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Active shooter drills, like this one at a school in Bangkok last month, have become sought after in Thailand.
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Justice Department Sues Kansas City Schools Over Gender Policy

In the first such lawsuit, the Trump administration accused the district of hiding students’ gender transition from their parents against federal law.

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The federal government has sued a public school district over gender identity and laws that ensure parents have access to their children’s records.
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A Principal Saved 900 Students Before His School Was Washed Away in Nepal

Rajendra Dawadi had less than 15 minutes to act on a warning of approaching floodwaters. His swift evacuation plan saved hundreds of lives.

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Rajendra Dawadi was teaching at the Tribhuvan Trishuli School when a staff member burst into the classroom, shouting that a major flood was headed their way.
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Inside Afghanistan’s Secret Schools for Girls

The Taliban have banned education for millions of Afghan girls. Times journalists examined classrooms where students, teachers and parents continue to resist by defying the rules.

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Inside Afghanistan’s Secret Schools for Girls

The Taliban have banned education for millions of Afghan girls. Times journalists examined classrooms where students, teachers and parents continue to resist by defying the rules.

© Kiana Hayeri for The New York Times

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Inside a Secret School for Afghan Girls

Under Taliban rule, Afghan girls are officially barred from receiving an education beyond the sixth grade. Across the country, however, clandestine classrooms have emerged to defy the ban. Our Afghanistan and Pakistan bureau chief, Elian Peltier, visited one of these covert schools to meet the young women determined to learn.
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