Joe Biden's plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt for federal aid borrowers is expected to cost about $400 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The estimate is for a period of the next 30 years…
When a for-profit university told its 2,000 students last week it will close in a matter of days, it blamed the Education department for its decision. Virginia-based Stratford University offered courses in business administration, culinary arts and nursing and was…
Kelly King was able to do something this summer she'd never been able to before: pay students to help others. King, who works for the school district on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, used federal COVID aid to hire three rising high…
Moving high-school start times later could help teenagers cope with mental health issues coming out of the pandemic, say a growing number of sleep researchers and psychologists. Teens have biological needs to go to bed and wake up later, due…
Higher education programs in prison help keep people from returning after being released. Most college programs are at men's prisons. At one facility in central Illinois, the focus is on women,
Universities in Idaho are warning employees not to refer students to abortion services, with at least one university urging staff not to tell students how to get birth control or emergency contraception. The University of Idaho's general counsel sent a…
Grand Rapids Schools received $104 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding, an enormous one-time cash infusion equal to about half its annual budget. The district used the money for tutoring, extra summer programs, and coaching for teachers. But now, facing…
Student activists held school walkout across Virginia on Tuesday to protest Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's proposed changes to the state's guidance on transgender student policies, revisions that would roll back some accommodations. Beginning Tuesday morning, students streamed out of their…
After Mississippi spent millions of dollars in welfare money on Brett Favre’s pet project, a university volleyball arena, the retired NFL quarterback tried two years later to get additional cash from the state’s welfare agency for another sports facility, new court documents…
A gunman stormed a school in a provincial central Russian city on Monday, leaving 15 people dead, including 11 children, before killing himself, authorities said. At least 24 people were wounded in the school shooting in Izhevsk, some 600 miles…
After a year of trying to start a family, Denver teacher Alison Yocum Johanson’s doctor told her that her next step in trying to get pregnant is in vitro fertilization. But when Yocum Johanson asked Denver Public Schools’ human resources…
Beyond what they learn academically in kindergarten, students learn everyday routines: how to take care of class materials and how to be kind to their peers, according to Golden Empire Elementary School kindergarten teacher Carla Randazzo. While developing those skills…
When Luis Murillo started leading parent academies as a principal in Center, he prepared presentations on how school boards work and where school funding comes from — the things he thought parents needed to know. He quickly realized parents were looking…
Faculty members at Eastern Michigan University have voted to ratify a new four-year labor agreement with the school. The Eastern Michigan University chapter of the American Association of University Professors said Friday that 96% of its members voted in favor…
It's hard to pinpoint when exactly the questions started coming in. Angelyn Nichols, an administrator for Virginia Beach City Public Schools, thinks it was sometime in early 2021. What she does know is that no one really expected them in…
A large body of research shows that Black students are likely to learn more when they are taught by a Black teacher. Quantitative researchers have found better results for Black students taught by Black teachers in Texas, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee and North Carolina. It’s one…
