Education

The University School of Milwaukee says it has filed a motion in court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Craig and Kelly Robinson, the brother and sister-in-law of former first lady Michelle Obama. Here, they arrive at a state dinner at the White House in 201

A school seeks to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Michelle Obama's brother and his wife

3:27pm May 24, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The school argues that it exercised its contractual right to deny the Robinson children enrollment in 2021, as school officials determined it was in the "best interest of the school."

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After a lockdown, students found comfort in humor. But what are the jokes hiding?

4:10pm May 23, 2022

This year's winner of our Student Podcast Challenge, junior, Teagan Nam, described how their friends and classmates turned to memes and social media as a coping method.

Education

There's harm in taking away recess for elementary schoolers as a form of punishment

8:12am May 22, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Maren Christenson Hofer about the harm of taking away recess in elementary school as a form of punishment.

Russian soldiers left graffiti in the school in Borodyanka, a town outside of Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

How a Ukrainian teacher helped students escape Russia's invasion, and still graduate

7:57am May 21, 2022

by Anya Kamenetz

As residents return to a liberated town near Kyiv, a teacher and her high school students recount what it took to survive the war.

Delaware State University says it has filed a complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday to investigate the women's lacrosse team bus stop and search. Here, the main gate of the Delaware State University campus in Dover in September 2007.

Georgia NAACP is investigating a traffic stop involving a college lacrosse team

10:09pm May 19, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Delaware State University filed a complaint Wednesday to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division calling for an external investigation of the traffic stop.

Students and teachers spoke on gender and race classroom discussion bans in hearing

5:12pm May 19, 2022

by Melissa Block

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., chaired a hearing on new laws that restrict classroom discussion of gender, sexual orientation and race. Students, parents and teachers are among those who spoke.

A South Florida school district says it's launching an investigation after a photo showing students spelling out a racial slur was shared online.

A photo of Florida students spelling out a racial slur is under investigation

10:09am May 19, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

In the photo, each of the six students is shown holding up a large letter that spells out the N-word.

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and KORA Organics CEO Miranda Kerr attend a gala in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 4. The couple surprised graduates of a Los Angeles art school by paying off their student debt.

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr paid off art school graduates' student loans

2:41pm May 17, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Spiegel and Kerr, who have been married since 2017, gave the commencement speech and got honorary degrees from Otis College of Art and Design. Then they surprised graduates with a gift of their own.

Students interact with a teacher during a lesson at Poland's Warsaw Ukrainian School, on Wednesday, May 11, 2022.

This school takes kids from the most traumatized parts of Ukraine — and offers hope

11:19am May 17, 2022

Teachers in Warsaw work to address student-held trauma in classrooms after the Polish school system absorbed tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugee students.

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Delaware State University, a historically Black institution, says the stop and search of a bus transporting members of its women's lacrosse team in Georgia was "constitutionally dubious." Here, the entrance of Delaware State University in Dover, Del., in

Delaware State University to file a complaint with DOJ after bus search incident

6:00am May 17, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Tony Allen, Delaware State University's president, says once the complaint is officially filed, it will be made available to the campus community to read.