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Our reporter Bishop Van Buren has the details on this weekend's Christmas in July Sip & Shop at the YWCA meant to benefit a local non-profit collecting school supplies before the fall semester. And KERA’s Bill Zeeble reports the University of North Texas at Dallas is launching the region’s first teacher residency program that will pay residents up to $30,000 a year.
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During summer months, children across the county struggle with food insecurity. However, food banks and school districts alike are helping provide meals for young people.
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Along with finals week, comes finals stress. But nationally, educational institutions of every level are struggling to staff mental health counselors, and the entire state of Texas faces a shortage of care providers. With increased conversations about staffing, retention, demand, and budgeting for college mental health services, we took a look at what mental health resources are available to college students in the greater Lubbock area.
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Around 100 demonstrators gathered on the Texas Tech campus Friday afternoon to make their voices heard on personal value and freedom of speech with outcries over violence in Palestine, calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
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Within Lubbock school districts, not many books have been banned, according to librarians, and having books challenged is rare, but on the rise. They said the book-banning debate has a chilling effect on library professionals, with some not buying LGBTQ+ books for fear of pushback.
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The organization’s program and volunteer coordinator described the literacy rate in Texas as part of the “profound educational crisis plaguing our state and city.”
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A few dozen supporters, opponents and librarians came to a Lubbock event hosted by a national LGBT hate group.
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School choice is a focus of this year’s legislative session. Advocates, including Gov. Greg Abbott, want state funds to help parents pay for private school or homeschooling. Opponents say this is the latest attempt to undermine Texas public schools.
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Public education advocates have called on legislators for more nuanced accountability from the state when it comes to evaluating students.
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School vouchers aren’t a new idea. But over the past couple decades, voucher programs have expanded from small experiments to statewide policies.