Education

Students in recovery from substance abuse are finding support on a growing number of college and university campuses, including the University of Texas at Austin.

Amid Rising Concern About Addiction, Universities Focus On Recovery

6:22pm March 15, 2015

by Wade Goodwyn

The Center for Students in Recovery at the University of Texas is one of a small but growing number of programs catering to former addicts at U.S. colleges and universities.

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Alyssa Smith readjusts Desiree Andrews' hair as they cheer for the seventh grade basketball team at Lincoln Middle School on Monday in Kenosha, Wis. The gym has been dubbed

Athletes Help Cheerleader With Down Syndrome Defy Bullies

5:39pm March 13, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Desiree Andrews is a cheerleader at Lincoln Middle School in Wisconsin. She has Down syndrome — and as some hecklers learned last year, she also has the support of her school's basketball team.

Anna Julia Cooper was the fourth African-American woman in the U.S. to earn a doctoral degree.

A Child Of Slavery Who Taught A Generation

1:15pm March 13, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Anna J. Cooper was a remarkable student and, later, a legendary teacher and principal of the first public high school for black students.

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Imagine the adolescent brain as the bridge from Star Trek's USS Enterprise, host to a constant tug of war between the impulsive Captain Kirk (limbic system) and the reasonable Mr. Spock (prefrontal cortex).

The Teenage Brain: Spock Vs. Captain Kirk

6:43pm March 12, 2015

by Cory Turner

Adolescents get a bad rep for being irrational. The bad news: It's kinda deserved. The good news: Teen brains come equipped with an internal Mr. Spock, trying to keep them safe.

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Idaho preschool teacher Mary Allen listens to one of her students during their afternoon snack time. The state doesn't have public preschool, so programs are paid for through a hodgepodge of funding sources.

In Idaho School District, Preschool At Risk Without Federal Funds

6:43pm March 12, 2015

by Emilie Ritter Saunders

Congress has not reauthorized special assistance for rural communities this year. But to pay for extra programs like preschool, Basin School District doesn't have many other options.

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A lunch served by the Yarmouth, Maine, School Department on Sept. 26, 2014, featured Sloppy Joe's made with Maine beef and local beets, carrots, apples and potato salad. More than 80 percent of Maine schools said they served local foods in a survey conduc

Why Some Schools Serve Local Food And Others Can't (Or Won't)

4:23pm March 12, 2015

by Tracie McMillan

A survey found that 36 percent of U.S. public schools bought food from local farmers during two recent school years. But a slightly greater number of schools served no local food at all.

Education

UNCG Firings Shaped Search For New Chancellor

11:42am March 12, 2015

There are about nine weeks left in the search to replace UNC Greensboro Chancellor Linda Brady, who is retiring in

Indiana squeezed the normal life cycle of a test—pilot, field, real—into one, massive exam that clocked in at 12 hours.

Ditching The Common Core Brings A Big Test For Indiana

8:03am March 12, 2015

by Claire McInerny

After dropping the Common Core State Standards and agreeing to write its own end-of-year exam, Indiana's had a rough couple of months.

Education

Rockingham School Board Could Change Under New Bill

8:08pm March 11, 2015

by Keri Brown

The Rockingham County Board of Education is the latest to face possible restructuring if a bill proposed Wednesday passes in the legislature. The move is raising some eyebrows among community members.

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University of Oklahoma students march to the now-closed Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house during a rally against racism Tuesday. Two former members of the fraternity have apologized for their roles in a video that showed them singing a racist chant.

2 Oklahoma Students Seen In Racist Fraternity Video Apologize

2:04pm March 11, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The men were in a video of Sigma Alpha Epsilon members singing a racist chant. They have apologized, with one of the now-former fraternity brothers saying he had learned "a devastating lesson."