Tag: Education
A university honors its grads 51 years after police shooting
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — Days after National Guard members killed four Kent State University students who were protesting the Vietnam War, white police officers marched...
NCAA eyes host sites in states with anti-transgender laws
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA announced 20 potential host sites for the early rounds of its postseason baseball tournament Friday, including three states that have...
Judge approves $577 million settlement for Maryland HBCUs
<p>ANNAPOLIS — A federal judge has approved a $577 million settlement in a lawsuit over underfunding at Maryland's four historically Black colleges and universities.</p>
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Chief of teachers union is ‘all in’ on full fall reopening
The president of the American Federation of Teachers called Thursday for a full return to in-person learning in the fall, saying the union is...
Putin: school shooting in Kazan ‘has shaken all of us’
<p>MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that the deadly school shooting in Kazan “has shaken” the country and ordered the government...
South Bend school suspends teacher over Right to Life talk
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A northern Indiana school district has suspended a teacher who invited a representative of an anti-abortion group to speak during...
Some proms are back, with masks, testing and distancing
<p>BOSTON — A minor league baseball stadium. A negative coronavirus test and absolutely no slow dancing.</p>
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EXPLAINER: Ohio offers $1M weekly prize as vaccine incentive
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has made many newsworthy statements in his long political career, but perhaps none has generated such an...
Remodeled Truman library and museum preparing to reopen
<p>INDEPENDENCE, M o. — When director Kurt Graham arrived at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum in July 2015, he immediately dove...
Colleges form alliance to support student-designed learning
At a convention on the future of learning in 2019, a handful of voices stood out to Philomena Mantella.
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