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Clint Mitchell, superintendent for Colonial Beach Public Schools in Colonial Beach, Va., visits a class at Colonial Beach Elementary School on Nov. 6, 2023. New EdWeek Research Center survey data shows how school leaders plan to go about boosting the diversity of their teaching corps.
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In a court hearing on Dec. 8, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich., Kylie Ossege describes her anguish at the shooting death of her fellow student Hana St. Juliana, one of four students killed in a rampage at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., in 2021. After hearing from family members and survivors, a judge sentenced the now 17-year-old gunman to life in prison with no chance for parole.
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