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Dying to learn: Anxiety in aftermath of Uvalde shooting

The day after a gunman killed 21 in Texas, millions of parents nervously returned kids to school. How will adults — and kids — deal with their fear when summer break ends?
 
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Stolen from her tribe, now she’s fighting back

Adopted by a white family at 18 months, Sandy White Hawk lost her family, her heritage and her compass. Now she’s partnering with an Ohio State researcher to show the impact of adoption on Native children and to save the law that could have saved her. Warning: This episode contains mentions of sexual abuse and suicide.
 
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Teachers are calling it quits. It’s time for a reset

Surveys indicate record numbers of teachers will quit their jobs. But COVID didn’t create the crisis, they say. It’s been building for some time.
 
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Parenting students: The ‘invisible’ population on campus

More than one in five American college students are also parents. They struggle to find belonging, flexibility and resources in higher education. But they are not giving up.
 
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The making of an academic phenom

Her research centers Black women and girls in education. But few people expected a girl from East Saint Louis to become what Lori Patton Davis has.
 
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When kids come out: How parents and schools tip the balance

The response families, teachers and friends give to LBGTQ+ youth follows them throughout their lives. The consequences couldn’t be higher.
 
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LGBTQ students: Authentic and daring to be free

Students who identify as LGBTQ want the same things their classmates enjoy. The space to learn. Not to be “othered.” How can higher education take allyship to the next level?
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International students: ‘The worst year but the best year’

Ohio State students from China to Syria navigate education, isolation and fear during a pandemic that impacts them in different ways
 
 
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Black English is fire, even in class

Too fly. Fire. Dope. So much of American expression comes straight from Black English, a.k.a. African American Vernacular English. But you won't find this colorful and dynamic language taught in schools. Ohio State education researchers say Black students need their language heritage to finally be validated. 
 
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Grappling with the Land Grant truth

Ohio State Professor Stephen Gavazzi learned a painful truth about Land Grant Universities — just after his book on the subject went to press. Now he’s working with a team of Ohio State researchers to find a path to healing harm done to indigenous tribes when they lost lands to fund the university through the Morrill Act of 1862.
 
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