Education

TSU program is designed to get more HBCU students involved in the outdoors

5:05am February 09, 2023

by Alexis Marshall

The outdoor recreation industry is overwhelmingly white. A new program at Tennessee State University aims to change that by getting more HBCU students involved in the outdoors.

GCS teacher Michael Logan at the podium during a school board meeting

Education

Guilford County school board rejects GOP pick for vacant seat a third time

4:16pm February 08, 2023

by Amy Diaz

The Guilford County Board of Education rejected a GOP appointment to fill a vacant seat for a third time on Tuesday — an issue that may result in a change in legislation.&n

GTCC partners with Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education program

4:28pm February 07, 2023

by David Ford

The lack of modern manufacturing skills in the United States workforce could result in more than two million unfilled jobs by 2030.

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A new program in Iowa would enlist government aid to pay for private schools

9:24am February 05, 2023

Iowa is moving to create a new, statewide school voucher program as other jurisdictions around the country look into allowing the use of public funds for students to attend private schools.

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First graders from The Friends School of Atlanta share their hopes for the world.

We asked for wishes, you answered: Send leaders into space, free electricity, dignity

5:00am February 05, 2023

Send leaders into space for perspective, tap solar power to offer electricity for all, make "dignity" a priority — those are some of the wishes readers have for 2023.

College Board responds to backlash over AP African American studies curriculum

5:00pm February 03, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with College Board CEO David Coleman and director of Advanced Placement African American Studies Brandi Waters about curriculum changes that have drawn criticism.

A teacher lines up the students for school-prepared lunches at Madison Crossing Elementary School in Canton, Miss. in 2019. The USDA unveiled new nutrition standards for school meals that would limit sugar and sodium.

The USDA wants to limit added sugars and sodium in school meals

2:03pm February 03, 2023

by Ximena Bustillo

The new standards, if implemented, would limit added sugars and sodium and emphasize whole-grain and domestically-produced products.

$4M grant is awarded to strengthen N.C. Family Child Care Home network

10:29am February 03, 2023

by Neal Charnoff

A $4 million Preschool Development Grant will benefit the state’s Family Child Care Home (FCCH) network, which provides care for about 8,000 children in home settings statewide.

Bobbi Wilson holds her collection of spotted lanternflies as she is honored at the Yale School of Public Health on Jan. 20.

Yale honors the work of a 9-year-old Black girl whose neighbor reported her to police

10:15am February 03, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

Bobbi Wilson went on a mission to save New Jersey's trees, capturing spotted lanternflies. That frightened her neighbor, who called the cops. Now, her bug collection is part of a Yale museum.

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Did the College Board cave to pressure to revise African American studies curriculum?

5:09am February 03, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Teresa Reed, dean of the University of Louisville's School of Music and a member of the committee that developed the College Board's AP African American studies class.