Nicole DuFault Indicted On Charges She Had Sex With 6 Boys
A female high school teacher accused of having sex with six male students is now facing a 40-count indictment in New Jersey. – Her attorney has said the charges “run…
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These Schools Made A Commitment To Black Boys And Are Now Seeing Big Results
Schools in Oakland, California, may have found the key to closing the achievement gap between African-American males and other groups of students, according to a recent report. In 2010, Oakland…
Ohio Debuts New Digital Standardized Test This Week
STOCKPORT, Ohio (AP) — Sixth-grader Kayla Hunter considers herself pretty tech savvy. She has a computer at home unlike about half her classmates at her elementary school. And it matches…
Nearly Half Of Low-Income Kids Don’t Eat Breakfast. Here’s 1 Way To Fix That
Hunger is on the rise among children in the U.S., and though there are systems in place to make sure low-income kids are fed at school, a concerning number of…
David Carr’s Last Word on Journalism, Aimed at Students
David Carr was known at The New York Times as a supreme talent scout, a mentor to young reporters and a blunt critic of those who didn’t measure up. He…
UMass Amherst Tells Iranian Students They Need Not Apply To Certain Programs
The University of Massachusetts-Amherst deleted a policy statement Friday that warned students from Iran not to apply if they plan to major in certain fields, citing U.S. sanctions against their…
Turkish Students And Teacher Protest Increase Of Religion In Schools
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Hundreds of students and teachers across Turkey have boycotted school to protest the government’s moves to increase Islamic teachings in education. – Some students in the…
Turkey Rolls Back Secular Education To Raise ‘Pious Generation’
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Pastor Ahmet Guvener managed to get his daughter, a Christian, an exemption from mandatory religious classes in her Turkish school. But he soon found that the…
Chris Hayes Says Chapel Hill Shooting Is ‘Trayvon Martin Moment’ For Muslim America
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes delivered a gripping speech Thursday night using the recent shooting deaths of three Muslim students to make a statement about all “senseless” killings of young people nationwide….
Vigils Continue For Slain Muslim Students In Chapel Hill
In the days following the tragic shooting of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina people around the world gathered for vigils and services to honor their short lives….
Mexican Towns Galvanized by Tragedy
Brigida Chora Lopez, 83, grandmother of Alexander Mora Venancio, in her house in El Pericon, in Mexico’s Guerrero State. Mr. Mora’s remains have thus far been the only ones officially…
Vigil For Chapel Hill Shooting Victims Unites Rival Universities
Students and officials from the University of North Carolina, North Carolina State University and Duke University came together Wednesday — setting aside some of the most intense college rivalries —…
What LGBT Students Want You To Know About Being A Better Ally
Want to know how you can be a good ally to your LGBT friends? Listen up. As part of GLAAD’s #GotYourBack campaign, the organization visited three colleges and asked students…
The Hidden Victims Of Campus Sexual Assault
which included interviews with a dozen current or former students who say they were sexually assaulted, senior Gallaudet administrators, Title IX and disability experts, and an analysis of the university’s…
In Chapel Hill And Across The Country, Thousands Honor Slain Muslim Students
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Thousands of people gathered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Wednesday to pay tribute to the three young Muslims who were killed…
Why Some School Principals In Florida Still Spank Students
Corporal punishment is ineffective and should be banned, according to a new report that studied the use of physical discipline in Florida school districts. In the study, “Corporal Punishment In…
Number Of Sexual Assaults Reported At Military Academies Drops In 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of reported sexual assaults involving students at three military service academies went down in the most recent school year, capping a year that saw the…
Charlie Hebdo Attack Puts Schools Under Scrutiny
SAINT-OUEN-L’AUMÔNE, France — On a recent morning at the Lycée Edmond Rostand in this largely middle-class suburb of Paris, Céline Cauvin, a history and geography teacher, was leading high school…
Dorms Help Give Two-Year Colleges A Four-Year Feel
This article comes to us courtesy of U.S. News & World Report, where it was originally published. Dorm living is a rite of passage for students at most four-year colleges. But community…
School District Wants To Close Achievement Gap By Recruiting More Black Teachers
The achievement gap between students of different races has been well-documented, and the San Francisco Unified School District is trying something it hopes will address the disparities early on: Hiring…
Coach Dean Smith, Zeus himself
Then I met Coach Dean Smith. I was in my second semester teaching feature writing in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina. Among…
China Tells Schools to Suppress Western Ideas, With One Big Exception
BEIJING — They are out there, hiding in library stacks, whispering in lecture halls, armed with dangerous textbooks and subversive pop quizzes: foreign enemies plotting a stealthy academic invasion of…
Why scientists are studying germ universe in N.Y. subway
Some DNA samples on subway surfaces matched no known organisms studied before, while others were fragments associated with anthrax and the bubonic plague. In some cases, the germs reflected the…
College Students Think America Is Almost As Racist As It Was 25 Years Ago
One-fourth of college students say racism is no longer a problem in the U.S., the most in the 25-year history of polling by the University of California, Los Angeles. Just…
Black Lives Matter’ Course To Be Offered At Dartmouth University
“If colleges cannot address current events in an intellectually rigorous manner then what are they good for?” Mary K. Coffey, Dartmouth University’s Art History department chair, asks a valid question…
College Freshmen Are More Depressed And Alone Than Ever
College freshmen are spending less time with friends than ever, a survey released Thursday shows, a shift that experts say may reflect declining mental health. The University of California, Los…
These States Don’t Require Vaccinations For Home-School Students
Half of U.S. states don’t require home-school students to be vaccinated against diseases that include measles, chickenpox and hepatitis B, according to an organization that advocates greater oversight of home…
The $10,000 (Unpaid) Global Internship
Picture this: A summer behind the scenes at the Edinburgh Art Festival, helping set up a show and banquet, managing a guest list and communicating with artists and agents, plus…
2 wounded in school shooting in Maryland
Police put the school on lockdown and temporarily prevented students from leaving. Everyone else in the building is safe and accounted for, Doerrer said, and students will be allowed to…
2 Shot At Frederick High School In Maryland
Feb 4 (Reuters) – Two students were shot and suffered non-life-threatening wounds outside a gym during a basketball game at Frederick High School in Maryland on Wednesday evening, local police…