Today: July 27, 2024
Today: July 27, 2024

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Education|Sports

Damages to college athletes to range from a few dollars to more than a million under settlement

Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement agreed to by the NCAA and five power conferences

Damages to college athletes to range from a few dollars to more than a million under settlement
Education|Environment|Science

Student program turns climate change lessons into real-world solutions

Student program turns climate change lessons into real-world solutions

Student program turns climate change lessons into real-world solutions
Education

Real equity in math education is about more than good grades and test scores

Developing students’ mathematical power and confidence is key to creating true equity.

Real equity in math education is about more than good grades and test scores
Crime|Education|Health|News

Site of 3 killings during pivotal, bloody 1967 Detroit riot receives historic marker

The site of a transient motel in Detroit where three young Black men were killed, allegedly by white police officers, during the city’s bloody July 1967 race riot has received a historic marker

Site of 3 killings during pivotal, bloody 1967 Detroit riot receives historic marker
Business|Education|Finance

KKR to take edu-tech firm Instructure private for $4.8 billion

KKR & Co will take education software platform Instructure Holdings private for $4.8 billion, the private equity firm said on Thursday.

KKR to take edu-tech firm Instructure private for $4.8 billion
Education|Health

‘The system is broken’: Cafeteria worker speaks out in death of 12-year-old boy

‘The system is broken’: Cafeteria worker speaks out in death of 12-year-old boy

‘The system is broken’: Cafeteria worker speaks out in death of 12-year-old boy
Education|News|Opinion

Baltimore residents express concerns over Fredrick Douglass Tunnel project in public meeting

Baltimore residents express concerns over Fredrick Douglass Tunnel project in public meeting

Baltimore residents express concerns over Fredrick Douglass Tunnel project in public meeting
Crime|Education|News

Former Uvalde officers plead not guilty in Texas school shooting case

Two former Texas school police officers have pleaded not guilty to charges related to the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde that killed 19 students and two

Former Uvalde officers plead not guilty in Texas school shooting case
Education|Sports

Lehigh Valley Division I athlete puts law school dreams on hold to coach youth tennis in Philadelphia

Lehigh Valley Division I athlete puts law school dreams on hold to coach youth tennis in Philadelphia

Lehigh Valley Division I athlete puts law school dreams on hold to coach youth tennis in Philadelphia
Education|Lifestyle

A look at Alpha Kappa Alpha, the legendary sorority repped by Kamala Harris

A look at Alpha Kappa Alpha, the legendary sorority repped by Kamala Harris

A look at Alpha Kappa Alpha, the legendary sorority repped by Kamala Harris
Education|Health

When Barbie learned what a gynecologist was, so did many other people, according to new study

When Barbie learned what a gynecologist was, so did many other people, according to new study

When Barbie learned what a gynecologist was, so did many other people, according to new study
Crime|Education

Ex-Uvalde schools police officer pleads not guilty to charges of child endangerment and abandonment in 2022 massacre

Ex-Uvalde schools police officer pleads not guilty to charges of child endangerment and abandonment in 2022 massacre

Ex-Uvalde schools police officer pleads not guilty to charges of child endangerment and abandonment in 2022 massacre
Education

Armed guardians to undergo training at Keiser University to ensure safety in upcoming school year

Armed guardians to undergo training at Keiser University to ensure safety in upcoming school year

Armed guardians to undergo training at Keiser University to ensure safety in upcoming school year
Education|Opinion

Major funders bet big on rural America and ‘everyday democracy’

The Trust for Civic Life — a collaborative of 15 grantmakers, mostly high-profile national funders — sees small, local groups as instruments of change — modern versions of the organizations that scholars from Alexis de Tocqueville to Robert Putnam have singled out as a distinguishing feature of American democracy

Major funders bet big on rural America and ‘everyday democracy’
Education

Harris tells teachers union she's ready to fight for country's future — 'bring it on'

Vice President Kamala Harris has blasted Republicans' views on gun control and public education in a speech to the American Federation of Teachers

Harris tells teachers union she's ready to fight for country's future — 'bring it on'
Americas|Crime|Education|News

Uvalde, Texas, school officer pleads not guilty to charges of failing to protect kids during attack

A former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer who was part of the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School has pleaded not guilty during a court appearance

Uvalde, Texas, school officer pleads not guilty to charges of failing to protect kids during attack
Education|Health|Lifestyle

Judge's ruling temporarily allows for unlicensed Native Hawaiian midwifery

A Hawaii judge is temporarily blocking the state from enforcing a law requiring the licensing of practitioners and teachers of traditional Native Hawaiian midwifery

Judge's ruling temporarily allows for unlicensed Native Hawaiian midwifery
Education|Environment|News

AmeriCorps CEO gets a look at a volunteer-heavy project to rebuild Louisiana's vulnerable coast.

A volunteer-heavy effort to restore some of Louisiana’s eroding coast with recycled oyster shells was part of the scenic backdrop for a visit from the head of AmeriCorps, the federal agency that deploys volunteers to serve communities around the nation

AmeriCorps CEO gets a look at a volunteer-heavy project to rebuild Louisiana's vulnerable coast.
Arts|Education

In a reversal, Georgia now says districts can use state funding to teach AP Black studies classes

Georgia state Superintendent Richard Woods now says the state will pay for districts to teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies

In a reversal, Georgia now says districts can use state funding to teach AP Black studies classes
Arts|Education|Entertainment

Cartoonist Roz Chast to be honored at the Brooklyn Book Festival, which runs from Sept. 22-30

Lorrie Moore, Attica Locke and Edwidge Danticat will be among hundreds of writers attending this September’s Brooklyn Book Festival, for years one of the literary world’s most anticipated gatherings

Cartoonist Roz Chast to be honored at the Brooklyn Book Festival, which runs from Sept. 22-30
Education|News|Political|World

Mexico proudly controls its energy but could find it hard to reach its climate goals

Mexico's taking control of its oil from U.S. and British companies is taught in schools and celebrated every year

Mexico proudly controls its energy but could find it hard to reach its climate goals
Arts|Education|Entertainment|Technology

Iranian-French artist Marjane Satrapi wins Spanish Asturias award for communication

Marjane Satrapi, the acclaimed Iranian-French filmmaker and cartoonist, has won the 2024 Princess of Asturias Foundation award for communication and humanities

Iranian-French artist Marjane Satrapi wins Spanish Asturias award for communication
Education|Health|Sports

ACL injuries are more common in women soccer players than men. We may learn why

An English study into the causes of ACL injuries to women soccer players has been launched

ACL injuries are more common in women soccer players than men. We may learn why
Arts|Education|Environment|Technology

Book Review: Novelist Amy Tan shares love of the natural world in 'The Backyard Bird Chronicles'

Best-selling novelist Amy Tan of “The Joy Luck Club” fame combines entries from her nature journal with astonishing illustrations thanks to lessons in bird illustration in “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” to share a birdwatching obsession that dates back to before the COVID-19 pandemic

Book Review: Novelist Amy Tan shares love of the natural world in 'The Backyard Bird Chronicles'
Education|News

Biden's historic marijuana shift is his latest election year move for young voters

President Joe Biden has made a number of election year moves intended to appeal to younger voters

Biden's historic marijuana shift is his latest election year move for young voters

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