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When Jennifer Trujillo first heard her middle school band students say “6-7” in class and explode with glee, she sought out the advice of an expert — her 15-year-old daughter. Trujillo wanted to know what, exactly, her students were saying when they’d repeat the numbers and moved their hands in a juggling motion. Her daughter gave her an unsatisfactory reply: …

Facebook Tweet Email Link AP  —  Texas A&M University’s president is stepping down after facing criticism over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature lesson about gender, which led to the professor’s firing. The resignation of school president Mark A. Welsh III was announced Thursday by Texas A&M University System Chancellor Glenn Hegar, who said …

Texas A&M University’s president is stepping down after facing criticism over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature lesson about gender, which led to the professor’s firing. The resignation of school president Mark A. Welsh III was announced Thursday by Texas A&M University System Chancellor Glenn Hegar, who said it was “the right moment for …

Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Welsh, the president of Texas A&M University, will resign Friday in the wake of criticism over the fallout from the release earlier this month of a video that showed a student confronting a professor over class curriculum surrounding gender identity.   “President Welsh is a man of honor who has led Texas A&M with …

Texas A&M University’s president is stepping down after facing criticism over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature lesson about gender, which led to the professor’s firing. The resignation of school president Mark A. Welsh III was announced Thursday by Texas A&M University System Chancellor Glenn Hegar, who said it was “the right moment for …

High school history teacher Katharina Matro often pulls materials from the Smithsonian Institution website as she assembles her lessons. She trusts its materials, which don’t require the same level of vetting as other online resources. She uses documents and other primary sources it curates for discussions of topics like genocide and slavery. As the White House presses for changes at …

Texas cannot require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, a judge said Wednesday in a temporary ruling against the state’s new requirement, making it the third such state law to be blocked by a court. A group of Dallas-area families and faith leaders sought a preliminary injunction against the law, which goes into effect on Sept. …

AUSTIN, Texas — The teenage gunman in the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre entered school in Uvalde, Texas, as a bright learner before years of escalating academic and behavioral troubles that preceded him opening fire on a fourth-grade classroom, according to records released Monday. The school files reveal in greater detail 18-year-old Salvador Ramos’ downward spiral that authorities have well …