Harvard restores fellowship for human rights advocate critical of Israeli policies
After outcry, Harvard restores fellowship for leading human rights advocate who criticized Israeli policies.
Education
North Carolina high court backs move forcing school spending
A local North Carolina judge had the power to transfer large amounts of taxpayer dollars from government coffers to state agencies to carry out a plan to address longstanding education inequities, the state Supreme Court ruled on Friday.
NC appeals court rules who will hear education voucher suit
A legal challenge to North Carolina's taxpayer-funded scholarship program for K-12 children to attend private schools — focused on claims of bias based on religion and sexuality — must be heard by
It's a bleak 'Day of the Girl' because of the pandemic. But no one's giving up hope
The United Nations established the Day of the Girl a decade ago to address issues that affect girls' rights: education, teen pregnancy, child marriage. Steady progress has been made. Then came COVID.
Universities team with Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools to train teachers with federal grant
Three local universities in collaboration with Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools received a $4.7 million grant from the U.S.
NC A&T sees record enrollment
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has experienced back-to-back record-breaking student enrollment. The rising numbers reflect a growing trend among historically Black colleges and universities nationwide while elsewhere undergraduate enrollments have declined during the pandemic.
The latest crowd-sourced poem is about hope for the new school year
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to poet in residence Kwame Alexander, who shares his latest community crowd-sourced poem about the goals that teachers, parents and students have set for themselves.
A California school district is asking families to rent rooms to teachers
The Milpitas Unified School District put out the call to families in response to staff losses and high housing costs that have made it difficult for educators to live nearby.
An economist studied popular finance tips. Some might be leading you astray
A Yale professor of finance read through 50 popular finance books to see how they square with traditional economic theory.