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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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New mental health program meets kids where they are: at school
January 12, 2026
Nurture Now is available to Appomattox County students from preschool through high school.
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Local junior high kids don ‘drunk goggles’ to experience how alcohol can impair their vision, coordination
January 11, 2026
The Stephens County Extension Agent says junior high is a good age to start talking to kids about the dangers of abusing alcohol and drugs.
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Recent flooding closed Cal’s Books. This group of young people is working to bring it back
January 08, 2026
The flooding in Redding and other parts of California caused by a storm on Dec. 21 left a still-unknown number of businesses and residences severely damaged, including Cal’s Books, which opened in 1974.
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Rural Oklahoma backpack program encourages kids to learn about invasive species
January 05, 2026
The grant is specifically for rural libraries, and the agency has enough funding for every library outside of Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
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English learners in the Valley had a big year. Here’s what to expect for 2026
January 02, 2026
From shuffling leadership in multiple local districts, rising test scores in the classroom and looming federal policy shifts, 2025 marked a year full of change for multilingual learners.
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Student interest in SD energy programs on the rise
January 02, 2026
In South Dakota, where the state’s proportion of clean energy production is the highest in the country, students are taking advantage of growing energy workforce needs.
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Choctaw Nation partners with Rosetta Stone to revitalize language, promote accessibility
December 18, 2025
Interested language learners will be able to access Level One of the new resource this June, which also integrates Choctaw culture.
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Board allocates nearly $1 million in opioid funds to support two Shasta College programs
December 17, 2025
The funding will help support paid internships for students working towards future careers in drug and alcohol treatment.
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Libraries: ever evolving, ever more enriching
December 16, 2025
Perhaps because of their egalitarian role, polls show that libraries are the most trusted of civic institutions.
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Agriculture in the classroom grows roots in Essex County
December 09, 2025
Food educators with Cornell Cooperative Extension teach kids about nutrition, food supply and the local farming community.
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Washington’s financial disruption means fewer teachers for Monterey County’s migrant students
December 03, 2025
This has hindered long-term planning and prevented the county from hiring for migrant ed positions that include teachers, family support and student recruitment.
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Interior Department Takes On Tribal Education
December 02, 2025
Some lawmakers say the dismantling of the Department of Education could spell problems for tribal programs caught in the reshuffling.
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Rural high school students are more likely than city kids to get their diplomas, but they remain less likely to go to college
December 01, 2025
Nationally, nearly 10 million students – or 1 in 5 public school students in the U.S. – attended rural schools in the fall of 2022.
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Interactive mapping tool helps tell the story of California’s Tribal resistance
November 26, 2025
To visualize the history of Indigenous activism among the Maidu and Pit River nations, UC Davis scholars mapped areas of the North State’s mountainous terrain that have been successfully reclaimed by Tribes after previously being held by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
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A slump in international student enrollment
November 21, 2025
Declining numbers of international students coming to study in the U.S. hurts local economies, according to new data released this week.
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