Multiple students at a southwestern Connecticut high school were hospitalized after using a vaping product at school. WABC-TV reports police responded to the school Friday afternoon after receiving a report of a student needing medical attention. Officers found several students had…
One week after it heard opening arguments in a major case on abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear opening arguments Wednesday on another important and divisive case involving faith and public life: The use of taxpayer dollars for private…
Her two kids would take the bus to school in the morning. Then, when classes were over, they would bus from Minneapolis to an after-school care program near their home.
Kids who are homeless or at risk in D.C. will have a better chance for enrollment at the city’s most sought-after schools. Newly enacted legislation allows for at-risk students to be considered at 11 of the city’s most desired charter…
I remember a particular Tuesday in high school. We were dissecting frogs in the sweltering science lab on the fourth floor of Denver's East High, an overwhelming smell of formaldehyde in the air. At the head of the class, leading…
“My name is Terell Carter. I’m from West Philly, born and raised — ” “This is a call from SCI Phoenix State Correctional Institution. This call is subject to recording and monitoring.”
A new grant will help young girls in Oregon and Washington get hands-on experience in STEM fields. Research shows that men vastly outnumber women in science, technology, engineering and math.
Pennsylvania has devoted millions of dollars to STEM programs in the past few years in order to bring STEM to K-12 classrooms and inspire students to eventually enter a highly in-demand field.
When Rebeka Beach’s phone rings, it’s often a cry for help. One evening last week, the call came from a Cincinnati mother of five school-aged kids. Unable to find an apartment that would take her subsidized rental voucher, she had…
A judge imposed a combined $1 million bond Saturday for the parents of the Michigan teen charged with killing four students at Oxford High School, hours after police said they were caught hiding in a Detroit commercial building.
Michigan's community of Oxford Township is mourning the loss of four young lives following a school shooting earlier this week. Tuesday's shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, a community of about 22,000 people roughly 30 miles north of…
At age 9, Mahoro Amani got their period for the first time. At home, their mother talked openly about everything they needed to know. But, their mom told them, never mention this at school. "I was told to basically keep…
In-person schooling is back across the country this school year, but fewer students than normal are regularly attending class, according to data emerging from states and school districts. Statewide daily attendance in Illinois, for instance, is 92.5% so far this…
Here are answers to questions about the new strain, which is considered potentially more infectious than Delta.
The incident in Michigan, the deadliest school shooting in three years, will add to a wrenching school safety debate.
ancor over COVID-19 policies, diversity and equity initiatives, and school choice has divided communities and supercharged school board meetings. Is there any way to find common ground about education amid such divisions? Some people say yes.Frederick Hess and Pedro Noguera,…
