Sharon Lurye

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Girls STEM

The progress that girls were making in STEM classes has gone into reverse since the pandemic

By Annie Ma, Sharon Lurye, and others

Natasha Torkzaban

Schools are using AI to spy on students and some are getting arrested for misinterpreted jokes and private conversations

By Sharon Lurye and The Associated Press

FILE – Jaelene, 9, works on a computer during a third grade English language arts class at Mount Vernon Community School, in Alexandria, Va., May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump administration withholds $6 billion for school programs to ensure money is ‘spent in accordance with the President’s priorities’

By Collin Binkley, Bianca Vázquez Toness, and others

Los Angeles, CA – June 08:Los Angeles Pierce College held their 75th commencement ceremony for around 800 graduates on Thursday, June 8, 2023 in Woodland Hills. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)

California woman enrolled in college by scammers using AI to collect $9,000 in financial aid—she’s only one of 223,000 suspected fake enrollments in the state

By Sharon Lurye and The Associated Press

An illustration of a student typing into a computer

‘Why does my boyfriend hit me?’ AI surveillance in schools is reading students’ most personal thoughts

By Claire Bryan of the Seattle Times, Sharon Lurye, and others

FILE – Protesters advocating for transgender rights and healthcare stand outside of the Ohio Statehouse, Jan. 24, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Orsagost, File)

Trump pledged to roll back protections for transgender students. They’re flooding crisis hotlines

By Sharon Lurye, Jocelyn Gecker, and others

school kids meditating in class

Millions of kids are skipping school. Could the answer be recess — or giving them cash?

By Jocelyn Gecker, Bianca Vázquez Toness, and others

Multi-tasking mum

$2,000 a month childcare costs are driving moms without college degrees out of the workforce: ‘I really didn’t want to quit’

By Moriah Balingit, Sharon Lurye, and others

Equations on blackboard in empty classroom

Get a high school diploma for $465 with no classes required—inside Louisiana’s boom in unapproved schools

By Sharon Lurye and The Associated Press

Kailani Taylor-Cribb

Nearly a quarter of a million kids are ‘missing’ from American high schools after the pandemic

By Bianca Vázquez Toness, Sharon Lurye, and others