Chicago strike negotiations ongoing; Monday classes canceled
More than 300,000 Chicago students will miss another day of classes as teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district remain…
Officer Resigns After Being Filmed Slamming 11-Year-Old Girl To Ground
A New Mexico police officer is off the force after body camera footage captured him slamming an 11-year-old girl to…
4 more parents to plead guilty in college admissions scandal
Four more parents are pleading guilty in the college admissions bribery scandal, and a Texas man accused of helping to…
Students Protest Firing Of Black Employee Who Repeating Racial Slur Used Against Him
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Students at a Wisconsin high school skipped class Friday and marched through the streets of the…
Washington state to vote on affirmative action referendum
More than two decades after Washington state voters banned affirmative action, the question of whether one’s minority status should be…
Chicago teachers say pay bump can’t fix deeper problems
Chicago teachers beginning a massive strike Thursday have rejected offers that would increase their pay, hoping that will keep pressure…
School district backtracks on transgender student policy
A Georgia school district says it won’t let transgender students use bathrooms aligning with their gender identity, reversing a previous…
Different minds: Temple Grandin on nurturing autistic workers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – During the past five decades, Temple Grandin’s visually indexed mind, a key feature of her autism,…
Repeat concussions declining in U.S. high school sports
(Reuters Health) – While concussion rates remain higher among U.S. high school students playing football than among those playing other…
Trump signs $1.8 billion Autism CARES Act
President Donald Trump signed the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and Support Act (CARES) into law Monday, which allocates $1.8…
Harvard president sorry 13th Amendment comment offended some
Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow is saying he regrets the controversial comments he made invoking the 13th Amendment in referring…
Antonio Brown is going back to school
Antonio Brown is going back to school. Interested in NFL? Add NFL as an interest to stay up to date…
School nixes game over cheerleaders’ Trump banner
Officials in a North Carolina school district have canceled a game at a high school where cheerleaders were placed on…
Woman accused of threatening to shoot up old school
Authorities have arrested an 18-year-old Oklahoma woman accused of threatening to carry out a mass shooting at her old high…
Liberty students protest in wake of reports about Falwell
Students at Liberty University in Virginia gathered Friday to protest in the wake of news reports containing allegations that school…
New Jersey expected to announce vaping restrictions within weeks
(Reuters) – Within weeks, New Jersey could become the latest state to restrict e-cigarette use, with the governor on Thursday…
Virginia joins states suing owners of Purdue Pharma
Virginia has joined a growing number of states suing members of the family that owns Purdue Pharma for their alleged…
Medical schools fall short on racial justice: student group
(Reuters Health) – At leading U.S. medical schools, education of future doctors about racism, promotion of diversity, and service of…
Cory Booker Transformed Newark Schools. Some Residents Still Haven’t Forgiven Him For It.
NEWARK, N.J. ― Presidential candidate Cory Booker likens himself to a civil rights icon when describing his previous work with…
Navigating The Road To Education & Workplace Success
This article is part of a series of op-eds by CEO signatories who are part of CEO Action for Diversity…
Higher education doesn’t protect equally against secondhand smoke
Higher levels of education promote health by helping people avoid many environmental health risks, but this benefit may not extend…
Depression, anxiety rising among U.S. college students
(Reuters Health) – Suicidal thinking, severe depression and rates of self-injury among U.S. college students more than doubled over less…
Gender minority college students at increased mental health risk
(Reuters Health) – Gender minority students in U.S. colleges and universities are four times as likely as other students to…
4 Students Shot At Block Party Near Clark Atlanta University
ATLANTA (AP) — Four college students were wounded when a gunman opened fire into a crowd of 200 people outside…
Kentucky finds 1,000 teachers violated law during ‘sickouts’
An election-year investigation into teacher rallies at Kentucky’s Capitol found more than 1,000 educators violated state law by participating in…
Professor fired over confrontation with protesting students
Johns Hopkins University has fired an associate research professor over his confrontation with students participating in a sit-in at a…
Teen’s racist videos show SC needs hate crime law: Sheriff
A South Carolina sheriff said Thursday that the state needs a hate crime law after his deputies couldn’t initially charge…
Inside The NAACP’s Civil War Over Charter Schools
When three local NAACP branches in California passed April resolutions opposing the national group’s call for a charter school moratorium,…
Man accused of threats against Temple University, police
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with making threats against Temple University and its police department as he was buying…
Only one in six U.S. universities are smoke-free
(Reuters Health) – Universities across the United States have been slow to adopt anti-tobacco policies on campuses, researchers say, despite…
British student plunges to death from plane in Madagascar
Police say a 19-year-old British student fell to her death from a small airplane in Madagascar after opening a door…
Parkland shooting suspect searched for weapon daily
A security guard has testified that Nikolas Cruz was such a threat when he attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School…
Ala. school system delays class over malware attack
An Alabama school system is delaying the start of classes because of what officials describe as a malware attack on…
Feds find potential fraud in student loan repayment plans
Tens of thousands of federal student loan borrowers may be getting their monthly payments lowered by lying about their income…
Baltimore man guilty of killing ex-girlfriend outside school
A Baltimore man has been found guilty of killing his ex-girlfriend, who was found bound, beaten, stabbed, strangled and dumped…
Parents talking to kids may blunt negative impact of adversity on schoolwork
Children who suffer adverse experiences tend to do worse in school than kids who don’t, but a U.S. study suggests…
Mothers’ education can matter for diabetic kids
Family background can matter for the health of diabetic children, according to researchers in Denmark who found young patients’ blood…
Jimmy Carter, after hip surgery, back teaching Sunday school
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter talked about his recent health setback and his conversation with President Donald Trump, as he…
Public pressure prompts Ohio library to cancel LGBTQ event
Public opposition that included Ohio’s Republican House speaker has prompted a county library outside Columbus to cancel an LGBTQ program…
Yale University To Have Its First Black Student Body President In Its History
Yale University student Kahlil Greene is set to become the university’s first black student body president. Greene, who will begin…
New York Private School Teacher Held Mock Slave Auction: State AG
A private school in Weschester County, New York, was investigated by the state attorney general’s office amid allegations a teacher…
Temple memorial to Florida shooting victims is set ablaze
A wooden temple built as a memorial to the 17 victims of a Florida high school mass shooting has been…
Billionaire Philanthropist Vows To Pay Off Morehouse College Grads’ Student Debt
Try as they might, it’s doubtful most commencement speakers make a lasting impression on their listeners. But billionaire Robert F.…
N.J. Principal ‘Floored’ After Oprah Winfrey Surprises School With $500,000 Gift
Students at a high school in Newark, New Jersey, received quite the surprise Friday when Oprah Winfrey stopped by to…
White Students Wear Cornrows And Bandanas As Costumes For High School ‘Thug Day’
Around 30 white students at Memorial High School in Houston, Texas, sported cornrows, baggy sports jerseys and gold chains on…
SAT To Add ‘Adversity Score’ To Reflect Students’ Privilege
The SAT, one of two main college entrance exams in the U.S., is planning to add an “adversity score” to…
50 trombones given out to honor slain Parkland student
Fifty special trombones have been given out to band students throughout Florida in honor of a teenager who died in…
Georgia professor barred from campus amid complaints
The University of Georgia has barred a longtime math professor from campus as investigators review several sexual misconduct complaints against…
Shooting kills college football player, injures Giants’ pick
Washburn University’s joy over one of its own going to the pros quickly shifted to grief this weekend after a…
U.S. measles cases at highest since elimination in 2000: CDC
An illustration provides a 3D graphical representation of a spherical-shaped, measles virus particle studded with glycoprotein tubercles in this handout…
Arizona School Apologizes After Little Rock 9 Exercise Brings Up Trauma For Black Student
An Arizona school has publicly apologized for the impact of a recent exercise after criticism from at least one parent…
U.S. measles cases surge nearly 20 percent in early April, CDC says
(Reuters) – The number of confirmed cases of measles in the United States this year jumped by nearly 20 percent…
Georgetown Students Vote To Give Reparations To Descendants Of Slaves Sold To Fund School
Students at Georgetown University have voted overwhelmingly to create a fund to provide reparations to descendants of 272 slaves sold…
Trump signs executive order threatening aid to colleges if speakers silenced
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would deny colleges certain federal research and education grants if…
8 Elite Public Schools In NYC Only Accepted 190 Black Students
Efforts to diversify New York City’s most selective public schools appear to be falling flat, with fewer black and Hispanic…
Kids with asthma may struggle in school
(Reuters Health) – Kids with asthma may struggle more in school when their symptoms aren’t well-controlled, and minority students with…
Democrats, conservative group knock down Betsy DeVos 'education freedom' plan
A Trump administration proposal aimed at encouraging “school choice” seems dead on arrival in Congress after both House Democrats and…
Teacher Accused Of Ripping 11-Year-Old Girl’s Braids From Her Head
A teacher allegedly tackled an 11-year-old girl, ripping three braids from her head during a disciplinary procedure caught on school…