Education

A video on YouTube shows teacher Deyshia Hargrave expelled from a Vermilion Parish school board meeting in Louisiana.

Outcry After Louisiana Teacher Arrested During School Board Meeting

3:57pm January 10, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

A Louisiana teacher questioned whether the school's superintendent should receive a raise. Then she was handcuffed. The city's attorney says the teacher will not face charges.

NC Teachers Face Long Delays In Getting Licenses

11:28am January 10, 2018

by Neal Charnoff

Prospective teachers in North Carolina can face a long delay in getting hired. A recent audit shows it can take six months or more to obtain a teaching license.

Sheldon Wong (clockwise from top left), Raymond Lam, Kenny Kwan and Charles Lai leave the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg, Pa., in May 2017.

4 Ex-Fraternity Members Sentenced In Pledge's Hazing Death

12:24pm January 09, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

Four men from New York City were sentenced to jail time Monday in the 2013 hazing death of a Baruch College freshman during a fraternity trip to the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania.

Congress Changed 529 College Savings Plans, And Now States Are Nervous

9:38am January 08, 2018

by Cory Turner

Why the dramatically new vision for the popular college savings plan could cost some states dearly.

Student Suicide Investigation; DeVos Proposes New Student Loan Rules

4:48pm January 06, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

Empty classrooms in Puerto Rico, and more in our weekly education news roundup.

Education

University Lists Words That Deserve Wider Use

6:39am January 05, 2018

Wayne State University in Michigan is promoting expressive words that could be used more. The school says they "are wonderful additions to anyone's vocabulary."

Leslie Klein, director of the athlete career and education program the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Training For The Olympics Is Hard Enough. Try Doing That While Earning A Degree

7:15pm January 04, 2018

Olympic athletes struggle to balance the demands of their sports with college.

Queue Listen Now

Since the 1990s, a rising number of college students have been seeking treatment for serious mental health problems, according to the American Psychological Association.

Many Large Public Universities Don't Collect Data On Suicides, Report Finds

1:53pm January 04, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

Recent findings from The Associated Press show that 43 out of 100 large public universities in the U.S. don't track suicides, despite efforts to improve student mental health.

Without enough students to fill up its classrooms, Gaspar Vila Mayans elementary, a public school seated in a low-income area in San Juan, is facing the possibility of closure.

School Closures Loom In Puerto Rico As Enrollment Shrinks After Maria

6:00am January 04, 2018

More than 22,000 students have left the island since the storm. Authorities say they'll have to make further cuts, yet some of these schools are central to their communities.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos convened a special committee to rewrite the borrower defense policy in June, saying the regulations are "overly burdensome and confusing" and need to be streamlined.

Education Dept. Considers Tougher Rules On Loan Forgiveness In Fraud Cases

5:54pm January 03, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Student loan borrowers defrauded by colleges may soon find it harder to have their debts forgiven.