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Student News Daily Habits That Beat Doomscrolling
A simple, time-boxed routine helps students stay informed without the endless scroll.
By Kara Williams • October 8, 2026
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Student News reports developments affecting students now: examination format and grading decisions, admissions rule changes, funding and grant announcements, strikes and term disruptions. Items stay short, dated and attributed. Followed by students, parents and school staff who need to know what changed before rumors harden into belief.
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Teaching Kids to Fact-Check What They Share
Fact-checking is a learnable pause between reading a claim and sharing it: compare, trace the source, read the tone. Here is how to teach that habit at home.
By Zara Nasser • October 5, 2026
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Behind the Scenes of a Student News Broadcast
Anchors get the applause. Writers, producers, and camera crews do the work that makes a weekly show happen.
By Kara Williams • October 1, 2026
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How to Start a Student Newspaper From Scratch
A back-to-school roadmap for staffing, beats, ethics, and getting the first issue out — in print or online.
By Kara Williams • September 27, 2026
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What Parents Should Know About the New FAFSA Timeline
The FAFSA — the federal form that gates nearly all college aid — now opens each October for the following fall, but the 2024 redesign delayed aid offers by months, and families should plan around the confusion it left behind.
By Kara Williams • August 28, 2026
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How to Help a Middle Schooler Rebuild Study Habits
The study methods most kids choose — rereading and highlighting — rank among the least effective in published learning research, and two boring-sounding replacements work measurably better.
By Kara Williams • August 26, 2026
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How the IEP Process Actually Works, Step by Step
From a parent's first written request to the annual review meeting, an Individualized Education Program follows a federally defined sequence — here's what happens at each stage under IDEA.
By Kara Williams • August 21, 2026
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How FERPA Privacy Rights Shift From Parents to Students
A federal law hands most control over school records to students the day they turn 18 or start college — with a few exceptions families should know before that happens.
By Kara Williams • August 20, 2026
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Why Chronic Absenteeism Hasn't Dropped Back to Normal
Missed school days spiked during the pandemic and have come down since — but national data show the decline stalling well above pre-pandemic levels, and researchers are still working out why.
By Kara Williams • August 18, 2026
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What Families Should Know About School Reentry After Juvenile Detention
Federal rules require a reentry plan with an education piece before a young person leaves a juvenile justice facility, but how well it works still depends on which adult stays on top of it.
By Kara Williams • August 15, 2026