Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?

Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year.

What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
Education

Los Angeles school board votes to ban smartphones

The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday voted to ban smartphones for its 429,000 students in an attempt to insulate kids

Los Angeles school board votes to ban smartphones
Education|Health|Lifestyle|Opinion

Mom of transgender girl athlete says Florida's investigation has destroyed her daughter's life

A Florida public school employee who faces firing because she allowed her transgender daughter to play girls high school volleyball is assailing those who outed her child

Mom of transgender girl athlete says Florida's investigation has destroyed her daughter's life
Education|Technology

California governor wants to restrict smartphone usage in schools

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he wants to restrict students' usage of smartphones during the school day

California governor wants to restrict smartphone usage in schools
Education

Why expanding access to algebra is a matter of civil rights

Districts across the country have struggled to improve access and diversity in advanced math classes for years. A new approach offers hope.

Why expanding access to algebra is a matter of civil rights
Education|News|Opinion|Political

Macron demands schools address antisemitism after Jewish girl raped

President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday asked schools to hold a "discussion hour" on racism and antisemitism this week, after the rape of a Jewish girl in a Paris suburb added to

Macron demands schools address antisemitism after Jewish girl raped
Education|Sports

Down a step from elite college football, officials pitch a model for a new sports landscape

Facing upheaval on the way in college athletics, a handful of administrators and athletes from smaller schools have been working on a new model of governance

Down a step from elite college football, officials pitch a model for a new sports landscape
Education|News|Opinion

On Juneteenth, monument dedicated in Alabama to those who endured slavery

The Equal Justice Initiative nonprofit invoked the Juneteenth holiday as it dedicated a monument that honors the people who endured and survived slavery

On Juneteenth, monument dedicated in Alabama to those who endured slavery
News|Education

Maryland teacher faces 55 charges for allegedly abusing eight students over two years

Maryland teacher faces 55 charges for allegedly abusing eight students over two years

Maryland teacher faces 55 charges for allegedly abusing eight students over two years
Education|News|Political

Spain starts closing Franco sympathisers' foundation

Spain's government has begun closing down the Francisco Franco foundation, a non-profit organisation set up by sympathisers of the late dictator, Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun

Spain starts closing Franco sympathisers' foundation
Education|Sports

NCAA presents options to expand March Madness tournaments from current 68 teams, AP source says

The NCAA has presented a plan to Division I conference commissioners that would expand the lucrative men’s and women’s basketball tournaments by four or eight teams alongside an option to leave each field at 68 teams

NCAA presents options to expand March Madness tournaments from current 68 teams, AP source says
Education|Opinion|Political

Prosecutors drop most charges against student protesters who occupied Columbia University building

Dozens of Columbia University students who were arrested for occupying a campus building as part of a pro-Palestinian protest will have their criminal charges dropped

Prosecutors drop most charges against student protesters who occupied Columbia University building
Education|News

A vocational school student stuns China by besting university competitors in a math contest

A 17-year-old vocational school student from rural China has become a celebrity on Chinese social media after getting into the final round of a math competition, beating many others from elite universities while raising questions about the education system

A vocational school student stuns China by besting university competitors in a math contest
Education|Environment|News|Opinion|Political

Illinois may soon return land the US stole from a Prairie Band Potawatomi chief 175 years ago

Illinois is poised to right a 175-year-old wrong by returning land in northern Illinois guaranteed to a Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation chief in 1829

Illinois may soon return land the US stole from a Prairie Band Potawatomi chief 175 years ago
Education|News|Opinion

3 Columbia University administrators put on leave over alleged text exchange at antisemitism panel

Columbia University says it is putting three administrators on leave while it investigates allegations that they exchanged unprofessional text messages while attending a panel about antisemitism on campus

3 Columbia University administrators put on leave over alleged text exchange at antisemitism panel
Education

Most Philly public school students have college ambitions − but their level of preparation depends on which high school they attend

A sociologist and former high school math teacher found that Philadelphia students face starkly different expectations for college depending on what type of school they attend.

Most Philly public school students have college ambitions − but their level of preparation depends on which high school they attend
Arts|Education|Science

Not just a book: What is a Gutenberg Bible? And why is it relevant 500 years after its printing?

A Gutenberg Bible is not your ordinary book

Not just a book: What is a Gutenberg Bible? And why is it relevant 500 years after its printing?
Education|Environment|Health|Lifestyle

Summer camps are for getting kids outdoors, but more frequent heat waves force changes

As the first heat wave of the season ripples across the U.S., summer camps are working to keep their children cool while still letting the kids enjoy being outside with nature

Summer camps are for getting kids outdoors, but more frequent heat waves force changes
Education|Health|Political

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Connecticut law that eliminated religious vaccination exemption

The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to a 2021 Connecticut law that eliminated the state’s longstanding religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Connecticut law that eliminated religious vaccination exemption
Education|Entertainment|Lifestyle

Veronika Slowikowska worked toward making it as an actor for years. Then she went viral

When Veronika Slowikowska graduated from college in 2015, she did what conventional wisdom says aspiring actors should do: Work odd jobs to pay the bills while you audition for commercials and background roles and hope to eventually make it

Veronika Slowikowska worked toward making it as an actor for years. Then she went viral
Education|News

Ex-University of Arizona grad student gets life sentence for killing professor on campus

A former University of Arizona graduate student has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing a professor on campus months after he was expelled

Ex-University of Arizona grad student gets life sentence for killing professor on campus
Education|Opinion|Political

Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s new law mandating that the Ten Commandments must be displayed in every public school classroom

Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
Economy|Education|News

Missouri, Kansas judges temporarily halt much of President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan

Federal judges in Kansas and Missouri have together blocked much of a Biden administration student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers

Missouri, Kansas judges temporarily halt much of President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan
Economy|Education|News|Political

Missouri, Kansas judges temporarily halt much of President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan

Federal judges in Kansas and Missouri have together blocked much of a Biden administration student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers

Missouri, Kansas judges temporarily halt much of President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan
Education|Opinion|Political

Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s new law mandating that the Ten Commandments must be displayed in every public school classroom

Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

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