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Teachers Want Screen Time Limits In School, Too

A new Gallup poll found that a majority of teachers “strongly” or “somewhat” support screen time limits in school, but the policies are hard to enforce.

© Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times

In elementary school, students spend over a quarter of their class time on devices for allowed activities.
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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.

© Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

Active shooter drills, like this one at a school in Bangkok last month, have become sought after in Thailand.
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For These Children, Getting a Safe Education Means Going Underground

In a frontline Ukrainian city, parents don’t see schools built below ground as apocalyptic. Instead, they offer relief from worry about the threat of Russian strikes.

© Jędrzej Nowicki for The New York Times

The first day of school at Sichovy Collegium in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Tuesday. The school operates from an underground space, built to allow children to continue learning safely amid the war.
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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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