Education

Chicago High Schoolers Return To Classrooms For A Bittersweet End To The School Year

4:38pm April 30, 2021

by Adriana Cardona-Maguigad

Thousands of high school students return to in-class learning in Chicago this week. Some are excited to spend the remaining weeks with classmates, but for many seniors, it's a bittersweet return.

Amy Donofrio stands in front of Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Fla. She was suspended from teaching duties after she refused to take down a Black Lives Matter flag from outside her classroom.

Can A Teacher Fly A Black Lives Matter Flag At School? A Florida Court Will Consider

4:38pm April 30, 2021

by Sydney Boles

A schoolteacher in Jacksonville, Fla., was disciplined after she put a Black Lives Matter flag up outside her classroom and refused administrators' orders to take it down. Now the case is in court.

Education

Guilford County School Receives Top Ranking For Three Years Running

10:11am April 30, 2021

by Neal Charnoff

For the third year in a row, Guilford County is home to the top-ranked school in North Carolina.

Education

12-Year-Old Boy Puts His Free Time During The Pandemic To Good Use

6:35am April 30, 2021

Mike Wimmer could have learned to bake bread or knit, but instead he decided to take a few extra classes. Now he's going to graduate from high school and college in the same week.

Emily Knowles sits outside her apartment in Watertown, Mass. Knowles has some college credits but no degree and works as a quality assurance analyst at Ovia Health, a Boston-based digital company that serves people who are starting families. "This is some

No College, No Problem. Some Employers Drop Degree Requirements To Diversify Staffs

4:44pm April 29, 2021

by Kirk Carapezza

More employers are focusing on skills rather than credentials, creating an opportunity for job candidates without college degrees to land positions.

President Biden is set to unveil a sweeping package of spending and tax reforms Wednesday.

White House Proposes $1.8 Trillion Plan For Children And Families

5:03pm April 28, 2021

by Alana Wise

The American Families Plan would expand free public education and make child care more affordable. The White House wants to pay for the measure by raising taxes on the country's richest.

Biden Expected To Unveil Ambitious (And Expensive) Education Proposals

4:28pm April 28, 2021

by Cory Turner

President Biden's American Families Plan includes education proposals so ambitious and expensive that in previous years, any one of them would have turned heads.

North Carolina Bill Could Do Away With End-Of-Course Exams

2:50pm April 28, 2021

by Eddie Garcia

A new bill moving through the North Carolina General Assembly could phase out End-of-Course tests, or EOCs, for high school students.

"I do worry about those kids who are home alone. We hope for the best, but being able to send [a book] home – it's a little world that they can go off and enjoy."

Education

COMIC: 'Place Of Peace And Security': Bringing The Library Home During The Pandemic

6:00am April 27, 2021

by Eda Uzunlar

It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented request: educate students in entirely new ways, amid the backdrop of a global pandemic. This week takes us to a librarian and a bus driver.

Students carry sack lunches at Elk Ridge Elementary School in Buckley, Wash. On Monday, USDA unveiled a new program that would feed millions of children over the summer, when many schools are closed.

USDA Moves To Feed Millions Of Children Over The Summer

4:52pm April 26, 2021

by Cory Turner

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it's expanding a pandemic program into the summer to help families pay for meals their children won't get in school.

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