Education

Robots move racks of merchandise at an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy, Calif. When a robot finds its storage unit, it glides underneath, lifts it up and then delivers it to a worker.

Online Retail Boom Means More Warehouse Workers, And Robots To Accompany Them

8:33pm June 19, 2017

On the outskirts of the Bay Area, farming communities are hoping that warehouse jobs tied to the e-commerce surge will boost the local economy. But automation is expected to take over many such jobs.

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Several North Carolina Historically Black Universities Get New Scholarships To Lure Students

4:31pm June 19, 2017

by David Ford

Two historically black universities — one in the Triangle and another in the Triad — will soon be offering dozens of the nation's best and brightest full rides.

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Without predictable access to housing or food, the students at Positive Tomorrows live in a constant state of stress. The teachers and administration work on techniques for managing anxiety and other emotions. Here, students in Shelly Fryer's class take

A School That Provides The One Constant In Homeless Children's Lives

4:11pm June 19, 2017

by Katie Hayes Luke

Positive Tomorrows in Oklahoma City addresses education and other basic needs for homeless students and their families.

Big Tent Revival: Southern Baptists Challenge A Racist History

3:02pm June 19, 2017

The Southern Baptist Convention has officially denounced white nationalism. What does this tell us about today's evangelicals?

Poverty, Dropouts, Pregnancy, Suicide: What The Numbers Say About Fatherless Kids

6:04am June 18, 2017

by Claudio Sanchez

Data clearly show how many fatherless children there are and how their lives are affected, but one best-selling author says he rarely sees interventions happening in schools.

Students in Tijuana walk toward the U.S. border early in the morning on May 2. Teachers in San Diego estimate that about 1,000 students cross from Tijuana into San Diego every day to go to school.

For Some Students, Getting An Education Means Crossing The Border

8:19am June 17, 2017

by Jonathan Levinson

There are hundreds of kids who are U.S. citizens but live in Mexico. Every day they walk across the border to go to school in California.

Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust poses for a portrait on campus in Cambridge, Mass. Faust has announced that she will step down next year.

DeVos Rolls Back For-Profit College Regs, Harvard's President To Step Down

6:01am June 17, 2017

A potential weakening of campus civil rights enforcement, a big transition at Harvard and more in our weekly roundup.

On the day we fish, we come up empty: The salmon have eluded us.

In This Alaska Family, Life Lessons Are Passed Down On The Water

5:33am June 17, 2017

by Melissa Block

In southeast Alaska, the commercial king salmon fishing season has been shut down a month early, because the number of wild salmon returning to rivers to spawn is at an all-time low.

Yale graduate student instructors (from left) Kelly Goodman, Robin Canavan and Gwen Prowse block an intersection in downtown New Haven, Conn., on May 11, to protest what they say is the university's inaction on sexual harassment.

At Yale, Protests Mark A Fight To Recognize Union For Grad Students

1:02pm June 16, 2017

by Yuki Noguchi

The dispute pits graduate student teachers who voted to unionize against an administration that refuses to bargain and disputes the election's validity. Yale says it's awaiting a federal review.

Fraternity Suspended At UNC Charlotte For Hazing Allegations

10:07am June 16, 2017

by Neal Charnoff

A fraternity at UNC Charlotte has been suspended for four years because of hazing allegations.