Education

College student sleeping on dorm room floor

Down With 8 A.M. Classes: Undergrads Learn Better Later In The Day, Study Finds

7:10am April 19, 2017

by Sara Sarwar

A recent study shows that college classes start too early for students' brains to be functioning at their best. Does that mean that high schools and middle schools also start too early?

Syrian refugees are seen at Elbeyli accommodation facility in Kilis, Turkey.

Tech Is Dominating Efforts To Educate Syrian Refugees

2:24pm April 18, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

Half of private donors to Syrian students are funding educational technology, a report says. It's not necessarily what schools need, one co-author says, considering they may lack reliable electricity.

Girindra Nath Jha returned to his boyhood village of Chanka. Now he's teaching farming and English — and he's started a writer's retreat.

Big City Escapee Is Living In A Mud Hut — And Loving It

5:18pm April 17, 2017

by Deepak Singh

Most young people in the tiny Indian village of Chanka dream of life in the big city. But Girindra Nath Jha give up his New Delhi life to return to his birthplace.

Food on hot table in cafeteria, elevated view

Schools Will Soon Have To Put In Writing If They 'Lunch Shame'

2:56pm April 17, 2017

by Megan Kamerick

Advocates hope the recent law out of N.M., banning school staff from shaming kids for not having lunch money, helps to shape policies the USDA is requiring school districts write by July 1.

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This dish features a scallop in its shell. Bivalves, like scallops are threatened by rising ocean acidification. Wist left it in the shell, so people would think of it "as an animal and not just a scallop on a plate."

Artist Sets Futuristic Dinner Party In World Reshaped By Rising Seas

12:50pm April 16, 2017

by Rhitu Chatterjee

How will our diets shift as climate change causes sea-level rise and coastal flooding? Photographer Allie Wist attempts to answer that with pictures of an imagined "post-sea-level-rise dinner party."

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced several new hires this week, including Candice E. Jackson as deputy assistant secretary for the department's Office of Civil Rights and Josh Venable as chief of staff.

This Week In Education: DeVos Hires; NY Announces Free College And Free Textbooks

3:58pm April 15, 2017

Federal marshals aren't the only new faces at the U.S. Education Department, we report in our weekly roundup of education news. The other big story: New York State's plan for free college.

Colin Goddard was shot four times, but says he received an outpouring of support as he recovered. He worries about others who didn't get the same kind of support.

The Uninjured Victims Of The Virginia Tech Shootings

4:47pm April 14, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history, which killed 32 people and wounded many others. Those who survived with no injuries carry emotional scars.

Lucinda Roy (left) and Jane Vance were both teachers at Virginia Tech when a student went on a shooting rampage on campus in 2007. Vance still teaches there and remembers how her students responded during their first class back after the shooting.

10 Years Later, Virginia Tech Instructor Recalls Her Students' Response To Tragedy

12:22pm April 14, 2017

Jane Vance and Lucinda Roy were both teachers at Virginia Tech 10 years ago when the deadly campus shooting occurred. They talk about coming back to campus afterward and moving on since that day.

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Ready Or Not (For Kindergarten), Some Research Says, Enroll Anyway

11:51am April 14, 2017

by Sophia Alvarez Boyd

Academic redshirting, the practice of holding kids back a year before enrolling them in kindergarten, has been debated for years. A new article attempts to clear up some of the confusion for parents.

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Guilford County School Officials Preparing To Discuss Budget Cuts

5:12pm April 13, 2017

by Sean Bueter

Next week, the Guilford County School Board will meet again to talk about budget cuts proposed by the district superintendent. And the board has a lot to consider.