Tag: Education
New hoops league for prep stars building facility in Atlanta
A new basketball league created for standout high school players is building a state-of-the-art facility in Atlanta.
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Teacher disarmed school shooter, hugged her until help came
<p>RIGBY, Idaho — When a student opened fire at an Idaho middle school, teacher Krista Gneiting directed children to safety, rushed to help a...
Tennessee governor OKs transgender youth treatment ban
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After signing two bills into law targeting transgender people over the past week, Tennessee's Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation that...
State: Thousands enter Ohio’s $1M Vax-a-Million lottery
<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hundreds of thousands of people have entered <a href="https://apnews.com/article/featured-health-us-news-mike-dewine-scholarships-7cbd774f36d3bff5aedc11e42519fb5f">Ohio's vaccine lottery </a> that will award five $1 million prizes and five...
Duke promoting Nina King to be next athletics director
Duke is promoting Nina King to become the school's next athletics director.
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Texas hires 1st Black director of Longhorn marching band
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas has hired the first Black director of the Longhorn marching band one month after it announced the...
Mexico rushes teacher vaccines to reopen schools
<p>MEXICO CITY — Mexico mounted a final push Tuesday to get all of the country’s 3 million school teachers vaccinated so that it can...
Stanford can retain 11 teams that were scheduled to be cut
<p>STANFORD, Calif. — Wrestling, synchronized swimming, men’s volleyball and eight other varsity sports at Stanford that were scheduled to be eliminated will be able...
Charles Barkley gives money to employees at his high school
<p>LEEDS, Ala. — Charles Barkley has given $1,000 apiece to the more than 200 employees of a city school system in his native Alabama....
‘Unfillable’ memorial honors Texas school shooting victims
<p>SANTA FE, Texas — A memorial honoring the 10 people who were killed during a shooting at a Texas high school in 2018 was...