After spending two college semesters in northern Thailand, Sarah Jongsma found herself back home in the rural Nevada town where she grew up, surrounded by everything familiar yet…
Read more Preparing to study abroad requires knowing what might go wrong during and after the tripSANTA FE, N.M. — On a recent field trip to view historical markers in New Mexico’s capital city of Santa Fe, seventh grader Raffi Paglayan noted the range…
Read more This New Mexico program is bringing women’s history out of the shadowsANCHORAGE, Alaska — Rayann Martin sat in a classroom hundreds of miles from her devastated Alaska Native village and held up 10 fingers when the teacher asked the…
Read more Uncommon program helps children displaced by flooding that devastated Alaska villagesWASHINGTON — International students attended U.S. universities in surging numbers last year, rebounding from a pandemic slump with the help of a 35% jump in students coming from…
Read more International students have returned to US colleges, fueled by a surge from IndiaSALT LAKE CITY — Republican lawmakers rallied with more than one hundred Bible-toting parents and children at Utah’s Capitol on Wednesday to protest a suburban school district’s decision…
Read more Utah Republicans defend book removal law while protesting district that banned BibleSALT LAKE CITY — The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced…
Read more Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’NEW YORK — Shua Wilmot and Raegan Zelaya, two former dorm directors at a small Christian university in western New York, acknowledge their names are unconventional, which explains…
Read more Using ‘he/him,’ ‘she/her’ in emails got 2 dorm directors fired at small New York Christian collegeWASHINGTON (AP) — College programs that leave graduates underpaid or buried in loans would be cut off from federal money under a proposal issued Wednesday by the Biden…
Read more New rule targets college programs that leave grads with low income, high debtThe College Board says changes will be made to its new AP African American studies course, after critics said the agency bowed to political pressure and removed several…
Read more Black history class to undergo changes, College Board saysMONTGOMERY, Ala. — MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced she replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher…
Read more Alabama education director ousted over ‘woke’ training bookSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Legislature is weighing a proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom to set aside $300 million for low-income schools. But some education advocates say it…
Read more California weighs how to improve outcomes for Black studentsROME — The Florence museum housing Michelangelo’s Renaissance masterpiece the “David” invited parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit after complaints about a lesson featuring…
Read more Is ‘David’ porn? See for yourself, Italians ask Fla. parentsROME — A Florence museum on Sunday invited parents and students from a Florida charter school to view Michelangelo’s “David” in person after the school principal was forced…
Read more Florida school uproar leads Italy to invite viewing ‘David’ROME — A Florence museum on Sunday invited parents and students from a Florida charter school to view Michelangelo’s “David” in person after the school principal was forced…
Read more Florida school uproar leads Italy to invite viewing ‘David’SALEM, Ore. — Oregon lawmakers are aiming to make the state the second in the nation to mandate climate change lessons for K-12 public school students, further fueling…
Read more Oregon eyes mandate for climate change lessons in schoolsDavid Daniel knows his son needs help. The 8-year-old spent first grade in remote learning and several weeks of second grade in quarantine. The best way to catch…
Read more Many kids need tutoring help. Only a small fraction get itBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — High school senior Kahlila Bandele is used to courses that don’t address the African American experience. Then there’s her 9 a.m. class. This…
Read more Black history class revised by College Board amid criticismSTOCKHOLM — Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, who put his academic expertise on the Great Depression to work reviving the American economy after the 2007-2008 financial…
Read more Former Fed chair Bernanke shares Nobel for research on banks
