Education

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the graduating class of Johns Hopkins University via livestream from Ukraine on Thursday in Baltimore.

Ukraine's Zelenskyy surprises Johns Hopkins grads as their commencement speaker

4:06pm May 25, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's virtual appearance at the commencement ceremony was a surprise for those in attendance. He was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

Northern Guilford High School graduating seniors walk through the halls of McNair Elementary

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Guilford County seniors celebrate graduation with elementary students

12:23pm May 25, 2023

by Amy Diaz

Northern Guilford High School seniors walked the halls of McNair Elementary wearing black and purple caps and gowns Wednesday morning.

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Amanda Gorman says she wrote "The Hill We Climb" — which she read at President Biden's inauguration — "so that all young people could see themselves in a historical moment." Gorman is seen here in February, at the Grammy Awards.

One complaint led a Florida school to restrict access to Amanda Gorman's famous poem

3:25pm May 24, 2023

by Bill Chappell

One week after a parent complained, Gorman's The Hill We Climb was moved. The NAACP chapter in Miami says it wants "to ensure that it takes more than one form to remove our history and heritage."

Noise can affect how the brain develops.

How a little more silence in children's lives helps them grow

10:07am May 24, 2023

by LA Johnson

Studies show too much noise, particularly loud, irregular noise, can hurt a child's brain development, because if sound is irregular, it distracts our brains and makes concentration more difficult.

The Muslim community at Kyungpook National University mostly comprises students from Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh and other countries with large Muslim populations. Here some members of the community pray at the Dar ul Emaan Kyungpook Islamic Center, in Daegu, South Korea.

Muslims in South Korea want to build a mosque. Neighbors protest and send pig heads

5:00am May 24, 2023

by Se Eun Gong

The tensions are a test of the nation's tolerance of increasing diversity, when South Korea is looking to immigration to bolster its aging and shrinking workforce.

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What inspired Cameron Fields to move from the newsroom to the classroom

4:51pm May 23, 2023

Cameron Fields, a reporter for Cleveland.com, talks about his career pivot from journalism to teaching.

Checking in with a Uvalde teacher one year after the mass shooting

4:43pm May 23, 2023

Wednesday, May 24, marks one year since a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas. Teacher Nicole Ogburn helped her students escape Robb Elementary through a window and survived.

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A school district's book screening process didn't violate civil rights laws — but it should have done a better job of handling the process, the U.S. Department of Education says.

A Georgia school district's book bans may have caused a hostile environment, feds say

3:32pm May 23, 2023

Forsyth County Schools didn't spell out its criteria to students, the Department of Education says, leaving the impression that diverse authors and characters were excluded.

Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines speaks at a press conference

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Winston-Salem organization combats 'period poverty' at three schools

2:31pm May 23, 2023

by Amy Diaz

“People don't understand the cost that goes along with feminine care products or even just personal care items," Carver High School Principal Thyais Maxwell said. "And when you experience poverty, or when you have to make a decision about food, the price of gas, or these items, sometimes you're stuck in a really difficult situation.”

What has and hasn't changed for teachers in the 5 years since 'Red for Ed' walkouts

4:53pm May 22, 2023

by Jonaki Mehta

In spring 2018, public school staff took to the streets to protest low funding, low wages and shrinking benefits. Five years later, teachers reflect on what's changed since then.