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Students wear clear backpacks outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Monday. The bags are one of a number of security measures the school district has enacted as a result of the Feb. 14 shooting at the school that killed 17. Sun Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images hide caption
President Trump, flanked by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, answers questions in August 2017 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. Thursday, the White House announced plans to merge the two departments. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
Schools Are Out For The Summer, But The Debate On How To Make Them Safer Continues
Writer Junot Díaz, pictured in 2015, was cleared by MIT of sexual misconduct allegations and will return to teach there in the fall. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
It's their nightly ritual: Herman Agbavor sits down with his 5-year-old son, Herbert, to go over his homework. Nana Kofi Acquah for NPR hide caption
NYC Mayor On Diversity Problems With City's Elite Public High Schools
The University of Southern California's provost denies that there was a cover-up of complaints about Dr. George Tyndall, a gynecologist who saw student patients at the Engemann Student Health Center. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A lawsuit accuses Harvard of treating Asian-Americans unfairly in its admissions process. Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters hide caption
La Guardia Cross and his daughters Amalah, 3, and Nayely, 1. Courtesy of La Guardia Cross hide caption
How A Dad Filmed His Early Days Of Fatherhood And Became A YouTube Star
In midcentury home economic classes, girls learned to cook for their future husbands while boys took shop. But now kids might learn about healthy relationships or how to balance a bank account. Mark Jay Goebel/Getty Images hide caption
Attorney Gloria Allred, center, marched with students and alumni at USC on Saturday. Saul Gonzalez/KCRW hide caption