Oscar-winning composer John Williams has joined a new academy: the American Academy of Arts and Letters
February 29, 2024
Indiana University's board of trustees has abandoned a plan that would have split the university from the Kinsey Institute, which is widely recognized for decades of research on sex and gender
March 01, 2024
Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools, the CDC says parents can start treating the virus like other respiratory illnesses
March 01, 2024
Federal officials are opening an investigation into the Oklahoma school district where a nonbinary 16-year-old high school student was in a fight before dying last month
March 02, 2024
Teachers at Head Start child care centers are paid far less than public school teachers, even though they have similar credentials
March 03, 2024
After last year's wave of wins for the so-called school choice movement, some religious schools in those states are seeing enrollment rise and are planning for a fuller future
March 03, 2024
Minnesota lawmakers are on the verge of a compromise that will give police officers who work in schools clearer authority to use force
March 04, 2024
Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, gave the most to charitable causes last year, followed by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, and Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s exclusive list of the 50 Americans who donated the largest sums to nonprofits last year
March 05, 2024
Women are underrepresented in architecture, occupying just 25% of jobs in the field. An architecture professor shares insights from her childhood on how those numbers can be turned around.
March 07, 2024
Mass shootings at schools have prompted a growing number of states to encourage digital mapping to aid emergency responders
March 08, 2024
Over 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report issued on Friday by the United Nations children’s agency
March 08, 2024
Research shows that more children have handled household guns than their parents think.
March 08, 2024
When it comes to state insects, most states honor fuzzy or beloved bugs like honey bees or butterflies
March 08, 2024
West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature has voted to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements
March 10, 2024
Parents are keenly aware of the distractions and the mental health issues associated with smartphones and social media, but teachers say they might not realize how much those struggles play out at school
March 10, 2024
As India’s booming youth population outpaces the growth of its education system, historic numbers of students are turning abroad for higher education
March 11, 2024
The sexual abuse of children by Catholic sisters and nuns has been overshadowed by far more common reports of male clergy abuse
March 11, 2024
School board members in one Massachusetts district have called for the National Guard to address student misbehavior. Does their request have merit? A school discipline expert weighs in.
March 11, 2024
After months of delays and technical hiccups, some colleges and universities have started to receive federal data they need to put together financial aid offers for incoming students
March 11, 2024
The NAACP says Black student-athletes should reconsider attending public colleges and universities in Florida
March 11, 2024
Libraries across the U.S. are struggling to cover the cost of e-books, which have grown in popularity
March 12, 2024
Students are provided the opportunity to use America’s national parks as case studies for environmental issues and tough conversations in this course.
March 12, 2024
Girls’ wrestling has become the fastest-growing high school sport in the country, sanctioned by a surging number of states and bolstered by a movement of medal-winning female wrestlers, parents and the male-dominated ranks of coaches and administrators who saw it as a necessity and a matter of equality
March 12, 2024
Florida's state government and LGBTQ+ advocates have settled a lawsuit challenging a law that bars teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools
March 12, 2024
“Duty, Honor, Country” has been the motto of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point for 126 years
March 14, 2024
Ukraine joins NATO drill to test anti-drone systems
Canadian retail sales beat July estimates, seen up further in August
Denmark's prosecutor seeks maximum 12-year prison sentence for tax fraud suspect Sanjay Shah
Israel submits challenges to ICC on Gaza arrest warrant requests
JoJo was a teen sensation. At 33, she's found her voice again
Trump and Harris vocabularies signal their different frames of mind
Arundhati Roy's first memoir, 'Mother Mary Comes to Me,' to be published in September 2025