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Daily News Lesson February 09 2026

How ‘zombie mortgages’ are coming back to haunt homeowners years later

Explore these debts that homeowners thought were forgiven only to learn they still exist
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Daily News Lesson February 06 2026

Shorts: 7 things to know about the 2026 Winter Olympics

Among them, skier Lindsey Vonn, who will return to the Olympics after coming out of retirement and a torn ACL
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Daily News Lesson February 05 2026

Researchers face serious obstacles to measuring Antarctica’s fastest-melting glacier

Explore the challenges scientists ran up against trying to study Antarctica's fastest melting glacier
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Daily News Lesson February 03 2026

How people with disabilities could bear the burden of Medicaid funding cuts

Learn who Medicaid helps and what happens to individuals and families who will lose benefits
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Daily News Lesson January 30 2026

What researchers are learning as they drill into Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier'

Miles O'Brien reports on the work to drill into the ice to understand the impact of climate change
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Daily News Lesson January 27 2026

Measles cases surged in 2025 as vaccination rates dropped

Examine why the measles outbreak has continued over the last year in the U.S.
Scientists investigate impact of climate change on penguin colonies in Antarctica
Daily News Lesson January 21 2026

Antarctic voyage explores why a massive glacier is melting

Join a live discussion from Antarctica with PBS' Miles O'Brien Feb. 10 at 12pm ET
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Lesson Plan January 19 2026

Martin Luther King Jr. Day classroom resources

Examine Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy with these lesson plans and videos
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Lesson Plan January 18 2026

Lesson plan: Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech as a work of literature

Students will study Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and discuss the literary influences on King's speech
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Daily News Lesson January 13 2026

Efforts underway to rekindle a love for reading

Reading for pleasure has fallen by some 40 percent in the last 20 years, continuing a long-running downward trend.
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