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California is in the middle of its fifth major storm since Christmas. The Biden administration unveils a new student loan repayment plan. Police release more details on a school shooting in Virginia.
Education
Exclusive: New Biden student loan plan unveiled amid agency funding crisis
The Office of Federal Student Aid has a lot on its plate in 2023, including implementation of an ambitious new student loan repayment plan. Now it just needs money to pay for it.
A middle school teacher faces charges from alleged drug overdose in classroom
The art teacher is being charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of children.
During the pandemic many Americans chose not to go to college, but high schoolers did
Fewer people in the U.S. are going to college, but through early college programs and dual enrollment, many colleges are seeing a growing number of young people in their classrooms.
A college student created an app that can tell whether AI wrote an essay
Some students have been using ChatGPT, a text-based bot, to do their homework for them. Now, 22-year-old Edward Tian's new app is attracting educators working to combat AI plagiarism.
Encore: Short on community health workers, a county trains teens as youth ambassadors
Fairfax County, Va., high school students are training to become public health "ambassadors." The program gives them a head start on a career while improving trust in the health system.
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education members sworn in after delay
The recently elected Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education members were sworn in on Jan.
Hillary Clinton joins Columbia University as a professor and fellow in global affairs
The former secretary of state will teach in the School of International and Public Affairs as well as work on global policy initiatives with Columbia World Projects.
Fisk University is the first HBCU to have an intercollegiate women's gymnastics team
The school in Nashville, Tenn., started the program last spring, and the team's first meet is Friday. Coach Corrine Tarver was the first Black gymnast to win an NCAA all around championship
The holidays brought a special delivery for one Florida woman
Joan Donovan, 89, received her master's degree diploma. At 84 she had gotten her undergraduate degree. She wanted a master's in creative writing, but that school didn't offer it — she learned online.