Alabama Principal Reimagines ‘U Can’t Touch This’ As Plea For COVID-19 Safety
An Alabama principal hopes to encourage his students to take their school’s COVID-19 safety measures seriously with a topical reimagining…
Officials: Laptops for Alabama schools seized by US agency
Education officials in Alabama say more than 4,000 new laptop computers bound for a school district are being held by…
What Are Doctors Actually Listening For?
Sign up today at https://curiositystream.com/medlife and get a year of both CuriosityStream AND Nebula for only $20. Is rhythm in…
Compositores Afroestadounidenses del siglo XIX, parte 2 / 19th-century African-American composers.
Compositores Afroestadounidenses del siglo XIX, parte 2 / 19th-century African-American composers. 00:06 Intro 01:19 Thomas Wiggins “Blind Tom” … source
‘Clear as mud’ housing refund plans irk college students
RALEIGH, N.C. — When Laura Comino opened the housing email from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in June,…
Missouri governor clarifies comments on school kids, virus
Missouri Gov_ Mike Parson is clarifying comments he made in a radio interview in which he said children returning to…
Ex-student pleads to swatting conspiracy with neo-Nazi
A former Old Dominion University student who targeted his school with a fake bomb threat so he could skip class…
Where Lynching Terrorized Black Americans, Corporal Punishment In Schools Lives On
DURANT, MISSISSIPPI ― Justice Grisby, like every other student in Holmes County School District, knew about the paddle. Long, smooth…
Schools Should Prioritize Reopening, But They Need A Lot More Money: New Report
Schools should try to reopen if they think they can do so safely, prioritizing students with disabilities and children in…
For Teachers Who Are Parents, Schools Reopening In The Fall Is Bad News
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, many parents have already faced a major challenge: homeschooling their children while working full-time. As…
Supreme Court sides with Catholic schools in employment suit
The Supreme Court is siding with two Catholic schools in a ruling that underscores that certain employees of religious schools,…
Harvard, MIT sue to block ICE rule on international students
BOSTON — Colleges and universities pushed back Wednesday against the Trump administration’s decision to make international students leave the country…
NYC mayor unveils plan to reopen schools in fall
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a hybrid back-to-school plan Wednesday with most students inside…
Memory, Music and Movement: The Art of Romare Bearden
Dory Kanter teaches about Painted Paper Collage as inspired by Romare Bearden, one of the projects in Arts Matter: An…
K-State players announce boycott after student’s Floyd tweet
Kansas State football players say they will boycott all team activities until administrators create a policy that would allow a…
The ‘Katrina To COVID Class’: How The Coronavirus Era Affects New Orleans Students More Acutely
This story about the ‘Katrina to COVID Class’ was produced as part of the series Critical Condition: The Students the…
DeVos issues rule steering more virus aid to private schools
The Trump administration is moving forward with a policy ordering public schools across the U.S. to share coronavirus relief funding…
Lobbying grows against Mississippi’s rebel-themed flag
University coaches and Christian ministers are urging Mississippi legislators to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag By…
Oakland School Board Votes To Eliminate Its Police Department
The school board in Oakland, California, unanimously voted on Wednesday to dismantle the school district’s police department — making the…
Former NYC detective recommends ‘throwing out the book’ on police training
A retired top New York City detective is recommending “throwing out the book” on training for would-be police officers across…
Education Department announces final Title IX rule on conducting campus sexual assault investigations
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday unveiled the department’s final rules for how schools are to conduct investigations into sexual…
N. Carolina principal sorry for racial remark during meeting
A school principal in North Carolina apologized after making a reference to “colored folks” during a staff meeting May 5,…
Tiny Montana school to be among first in US to reopen
A tiny public school in Montana will be among the first in the U.S. to resume classroom teaching this week…
Bobby Lee Verdugo, leader of 1968 LA school walkout, dies
Bobby Lee Verdugo, one of the leaders of the 1968 East Los Angeles high school walkout to protest discrimination and…
Trump urges states to consider opening schools before summer
President Donald Trump says states should “seriously consider” reopening their public schools before the end of the academic year, even…
CDC compiles new guidelines to help organizations reopen
WASHINGTON — Businesses should close break rooms. Restaurants should consider disposable menus and plates. Schools should have students eat lunch…
Riots, escapes and pepper spray: Virus hits juvenile centers
Nicole Hingle wasn’t surprised when the call came. Frustrations had been building inside juvenile detention centers nationwide as the number…
TV doctors Oz and Phil explaining controversial Fox comments
Two television doctors — Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil — find themselves trying to explain comments made on Fox News…
Online Classes And A Shaky Job Market: College Students Face Uncertain Futures
College students across the country have headed home in recent days as their campuses have shut down to try to…
Georgia 2nd state to postpone pres. primaries over virus
Georgia election officials are postponing the state’s March 24 presidential primaries until May because of fears over the coronavirus By…
Uzbekistan confirms first coronavirus case, closes schools, borders
TASHKENT (Reuters) – An Uzbek citizen has tested positive for coronavirus after returning from France, Uzbekistan’s Healthcare Ministry said on…
Mexico coronavirus fight gives students earlier, longer Easter vacations
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – In Mexico 33 million students will head into earlier and longer Easter vacations at the end…
Iditarod mushes on; fans being urged to skip finish in Nome
Officials with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race are encouraging fans, especially those from out-of-state, not to travel to Nome…
St. Paul teachers continue strike, no classes for a 2nd day
Some 36,000 public school students have another day off in St. Paul while their teachers walk the picket line in…
Suit: Website sold ammo to underage accused Texas shooter
A lawsuit alleges that a teenager accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school in 2018 was…
Med student charged with research smuggling freed on bond
A medical student from China who U.S. authorities say tried to smuggle cancer research material out of the country has…
University of Michigan won’t change investigation into abuse
ANN ARBOR, Mich, — University of Michigan leaders said Friday that they plan to stay the course with their own…
Towson student group: Rename buildings honoring slave owners
A group of Towson University students wants school officials to rename two dormitories that honor Maryland politicians who owned slaves…
Second University Of Oklahoma Professor Is Under Fire For Using The N-Word In Class
A professor at the University of Oklahoma has recently come under fire for repeatedly using the N-word while reading from…
Fired Kansas City school worker blames bosses for faked data
A fired Kansas City Public Schools secretary who was among seven employees accused of falsifying attendance data in a bid…
MIT to caption online videos after discrimination lawsuit
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has agreed to make its website and online educational videos more accessible to people who…
Professor suspended for calling police on black student
An Indiana university says a white professor accused of discrimination after he called university police to his classroom because a…
Girls sue to block participation of transgender athletes
The families of three female high school runners have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block transgender athletes in Connecticut…
Texas lawmakers are drafting a hair discrimination bill
The Texas Legislative Black Caucus announced it’s working on a bill that would ban discrimination based on hair textures and…
Colorado university to offer cannabis-related degree
University officials in Colorado have received state approval to offer a cannabis-related degree program February 8, 2020, 5:45 PM 2…
Purdue University to offer free tampons, pads in bathrooms
Purdue University will offer free tampons and other feminine hygiene products in campus bathrooms in response to student advocates who…
School: Dolls of black figures on tree-like racks removed
Michigan State University officials say its performing arts center has removed a gift shop display featuring dolls depicting prominent black…
UC Berkeley Law School strips itself of racist namesake
The University of California, Berkeley’s prestigious law school has stripped itself of a 19th century namesake who espoused racist views…
Kansas considers requiring ‘In God We Trust’ in classrooms
Conservative Republicans are pushing for a law in Kansas to require the posting of the national motto of “In God…
Texas teen who won’t cut dreadlocks gets $20K for college
A black Texas teenager who was told his dreadlocks violate his high school’s dress code is gaining the support of…
Foundation: Damage to historic copter hit by car exceeds $6M
A South Carolina aviation foundation says a Vietnam War-era helicopter hit by a car sustained millions of dollars in damage…
New York education leader appears on child sex crime charge
A high-ranking New York City education official accused of arranging a sexual encounter in Wisconsin with someone he thought was…
Possible ‘white power’ hand signs at Army-Navy game probed
Officials at two military academies say the schools are looking into hand signs flashed by students during the Army-Navy football…
Pete Buttigieg’s New Education Plan Takes Aim At School Segregation
Democratic presidential hopeful and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg came under fire last week after conceding he “was slow…
A Harlem School That Former Students Say Is Run Like ‘A Cult’ Faces New Scrutiny
NEW YORK — Five years ago when Kaiya showed up for the first day of senior year at Atlah High…
Nigeria’s mental health system routinely chains patients up, says Human Rights Watch
LAGOS (Reuters) – Thousands of people with mental health conditions are held in chains in institutions across Nigeria, Human Rights…
Lizzo Definitely Approves Of This Teacher’s ‘Truth Hurts’ Remix Inspiring Students
A teacher in Northern California created a new version of Lizzo’s hit tune “Truth Hurts” to help inspire her young…
Kamala Harris Wants To Extend The School Day To Help Working Parents
California Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) introduced a bill on Tuesday seeking to have schools extend programming for students from 8…
Coal plant on tribal land to close after powering US West
Ron Little nestles into a familiar seat aboard a train locomotive and slides the window open, leaning out to get…