Food: Bangor researcher helps saves crucial Nepalese rice crop
The high-altitude rice variety in South East Asia is threatened by a major plant disease.
2023-06-23 23:54
Utah school board unanimously reversed its decision to remove the Bible off school shelves after appeals
A Utah school district that pulled the Bible off elementary and middle school library shelves this month, citing concerns over the text's age appropriateness, unanimously reversed that decision Tuesday following appeals from the community.
2023-06-22 07:20
New York State Education Department revamps guidance to offer transgender and gender-expansive students more support
New York state's Education Department has updated guidance for its schools to support the rights of transgender and gender-expansive students.
2023-06-21 03:55
Parents of Nashville shooting victims urge court to deny release of shooter's writings in new declarations
Parents of two of the three children killed during the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville expressed their pain and loss in filed declarations asking the court to deny Freedom of Information Act requests for the release of the school shooter's writings.
2023-06-20 23:57
Ulster University: Magee campus to get millions from Irish government
The Irish government is expected to approve more than £42.7m for several all-island projects today.
2023-06-20 13:53
Uganda ADF school attack: I covered myself in blood to hide
A student tells the BBC he survived an attack by suspected Islamist rebels by pretending to be dead.
2023-06-20 07:59
ISIS-linked rebel group attacks Ugandan school, killing dozens
Armed rebels attacked a school in western Uganda, killing at least 41 people, mostly students, and abducting six others, Ugandan officials have said.
2023-06-17 22:57
Parents protest California school board after social studies curriculum rejected
Parents in the southern California city of Temecula are pushing back against the local school board's recent decision to reject a social studies curriculum that includes gay rights after some board members claimed there was not enough parental involvement in the process and made comments attacking gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk.
2023-06-16 06:20
If affirmative action is struck down, these law schools may point to the future
By Karen Sloan The experience of two highly selective public U.S. law schools offers a guide for other
2023-06-16 05:51
Justice Department reaches settlement with Kentucky school district over racial harassment of students
The Department of Justice announced Monday it reached an agreement with Madison County Schools in Kentucky to settle a federal investigation "into complaints of serious and widespread racial harassment of Black and multi-racial students."
2023-06-15 08:16
US students grade their schools a B- on average, according to new report
US students give their schools an overall B- grade on average, according to a new report released Wednesday that asked fifth through twelfth graders to assess their school's quality of teaching, effectiveness in preparing them for the future and mental health support.
2023-06-14 17:20
Illinois outlaws book bans in schools and public libraries
Illinois became the first state in the nation to prohibit book bans Monday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced, as states across the country continue to challenge and axe literature from public schools and libraries.
2023-06-13 06:22