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Articles by Debra West

How Women Exiting the Workforce Harms Kids’ Lifelong Success

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As COVID-19 Threatens Millions of Child Care ‘Slots,’ Families Face Deep Disruptions to Their Children’s Early Learning and Social Development and to Their Own Jobs

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WATCH — On Front Porches, in Backyards and Online, Amazing Class of 2020 Virtual Prom Celebrations From High Schools Around the Country

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WATCH as HS Seniors Share Memories of School and Their Hopes for the Future With These Touching Virtual Yearbooks

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This NYC High School Student Teaches Math and Science to 700,000 Followers With Quickie Videos That Are a Worldwide Sensation

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Answering the Call: Schools, Teachers and Students Use 3D Printers to Make Face Shields, Masks for Health Care Workers on the Front Lines

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‘I’m Just a Teacher’: Hero Educator Cares for Student’s Newborn Brother When His Whole Family Gets Sick From Coronavirus

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Across the Country, Students, Parents & Teachers #ChalkYourWalk With Sidewalk Messages of Love and Hope — Even an Outdoor Exercise Routine

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Students Cheer Their Teachers — and Teachers Cheer Up Their Students — With Heartwarming Teacher Parades (at a Distance, of Course!)

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3 Cheers for School Lunch Heroes! Cafeteria Workers, Drivers and Volunteers Pack, Bag and Deliver Healthy Meals to Students Learning at Home

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Georgia Students Team Up and Help Build Colorful Little Libraries to Bring Free Books to Young Readers in Low-Income Neighborhoods

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JV Wrestler With Down Syndrome Wins Citywide Weight Class Championship — and the Whole High School Team Goes Crazy

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Colorado HS Answers Desperate Message Scrawled on Wall With Sticky Notes Full of Hope, Love and Support

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Three Decades After Its First School Funding Lawsuit, New Hampshire Turns to the Public for the First Time to Find an Equitable Solution for All Students

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This New York High School Student Had a NASA Internship — and on His Third Day Discovered a New Planet Revolving Around 2 Stars

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From Custodian to Principal — How a Denver Teacher Inspired a Former Student to Rise Above and Pursue His Education Dreams

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Sugar & Spice & Everything Nice: Kindergartner’s Cookie & Cocoa Stand Paid Lunch Debt for 123 Schoolmates — and She’s Not Stopping There

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Michigan First-Graders Write to Their Principal Asking for a Dog — and Now the Whole School Is in Love With Buddy the Therapy Dog

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Meet the California High School Student Who’s Been Organizing Kids to Help Others Since He Was 12

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Watch: 5-Year-Old Drum Prodigy Plays With High School Marching Band — and Has Already Won a Scholarship to College

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A Texas Student Was Hospitalized for Leukemia. Her Classmates Gathered Up 1,500 Toys for Sick Children on the Ward

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1 in 4 NYC HS Students Can’t Swim. 16-Year-Old Is Changing That With Free Lifesaving Lessons for Her Schoolmates — & Wants to Teach the Whole City

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Florida Teacher’s Kindness Squad Spreads Joy, Prevents Bullying & Teaches Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom, in School and Beyond

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Ohio Elementary School Teacher’s Lesson in Fire Safety Saves First-Grader’s Life

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Hands-on Philanthropists With a Proven Track Record, Ray and Barbara Dalio Announced in April They Wanted to Give $100M to Connecticut Schools. And Then Things Got Complicated

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A HS Team Without a Band and a HS Band Without a Team Get Together for One Rocking Game. Now, They’re a National Sensation

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California Girl Kicks 30-Yard Field Goal, Wins Chick-Fil-A for a Year, Gives Prize to Opposing Coach Battling Cancer

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Watch: Florida Teen Asks Girlfriend to Homecoming Dance, and the World Goes Wild — ‘Down Syndrome Does Not Limit Them’

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Kansas High School Art Students Take Custodian as Their Muse — and Produce Amazing Portrait of Their ‘Unsung Hero’

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Louisiana Eighth-Grader Creates Supply Closet at His Middle School for Classmates in Need

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Special Delivery: Denver Teacher Goes Into Labor at School — and Soon, Baby Zara Is Born on the Sidewalk Outside

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Kansas Second-Grader Takes the Hand of a Child in Need on the First Day of School — and Captures the Nation’s Heart

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Connecticut One of 20 States Leading the Charge on Creating Open Education Resources That Stretch From K-12 to College

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‘I Learned a Lot From You, Even If I Didn’t Act Like It’: Ex-Student Finds Newly Retired Teacher on Twitter & Thanks Her for Shaping His Life

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Florida Teacher’s Wedding Gift Wish List: School Supplies for Her District’s Students

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Meet Medi Teddy, a Bear That Hides Those Scary Hospital IV Bags and Tubes, and the 12-Year-Old Connecticut Girl Who Created It

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WATCH: 13-Year-Old Delaware Girl & 8-Year-Old Sister Read Bedtime Stories Online Every Night for Kids Who Have No One to Read to Them

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From Farmworkers to Physicians: Twin Mexican Immigrant Boys Grew Up to Become HS Valedictorians — and Just Graduated From Medical School

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Watch as NY HS Grads Give Silent Ovation to Autistic Classmate in Video That Has People Cheering — and Crying — Around the World

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Where There’s Smoke: 4 Teenage Students See House on Fire, Rescue 90-Year-Old Neighbor From Burning Bedroom

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‘He Can Wear My Shoes’ — Virginia Teacher Comes to the Rescue of Fifth-Grader Who Broke His Just Before Walking Onstage for Graduation

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Facing Corporate Exodus Over Unfilled Skilled Jobs, Connecticut Needs More Coders, Engineers, Computer Science Pros — and Is Willing to Pay to Educate Them

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Colorado Math Teacher Becomes a Foster Father to Help Seventh-Grader Get a Kidney Transplant — and Now May Become Permanent Dad

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