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EdSource · California high schoolers get a crash course in finance Just before the pandemic struck, girls had overtaken boys’ scores in math and finally closed the long-standing gender gap in a ...

September 18, 2025 - Meet Allison Saiki, who teaches students how to manage money, pay rent and open retirement accounts, with a class currency she calls "Saiki Cents." American students are ...

Original music by Dan Powell Marion Lozano Elisheba Ittoop and Diane Wong The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony is tonight, honoring the best television shows released between June 2024 and May 2025 ...

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