Education

Morning News Brief: Congress And Constituents React To Comey And Health Care

5:00am May 11, 2017

President Trump says he fired FBI Director James Comey because "he was not doing a good job." And members of Congress are facing hostile crowds at town halls back in their districts.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks to graduates at Bethune-Cookman University on Wednesday in Daytona Beach, Fla. For much of the address, she struggled to speak over boos and shouts from the crowd.

WATCH: Betsy DeVos Speaks Over Torrent Of Boos During Bethune-Cookman Speech

6:48pm May 10, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The lightning-rod secretary of education delivered her commencement address to the historically black university despite turned backs and loud shouts of "go home" from some graduates in the crowd.

Betsy Devos Speaks Over Hecklers During Bethune-Cookman Address

4:40pm May 10, 2017

by Eric Westervelt

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos delivered the commencement address at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Fla., Wednesday despite loud protests by the students at the historically black university. DeVos has had a strained relationship with the nation's HBCUs after several recent, public missteps.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos during a school choice event at the White House earlier this month.

DeVos Commencement Speech Draws Protests

12:43pm May 10, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

There is an outcry over the secretary of education's invitation to speak at the commencement of a private, Christian, historically black college in Florida.

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Yasunori Kagoike, center, head of an ultra-nationalistic Japanese school operator, walks through the hallway after testifying before an upper house panel at the parliament in Tokyo, on March 23.

Land Deal For Right-Wing Elementary School Plagues Japanese Prime Minister

10:01am May 10, 2017

by Anthony Kuhn

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has denied involvement in a discounted sale of state-owned land for a new primary school. He says he'll resign if proof of his involvement is found.

Killip Elementary third graders Alexa Cardenas (left) and Luis Gonzalez (right) are preparing for the chess SuperNationals.

The Idea Was To Keep Kids Safe After School. Now They're Chess Champions

4:36pm May 09, 2017

by Laurel Morales

This low-income elementary school will send dozens of kids to the SuperNationals of chess this week in Nashville, Tenn.

U.S. Government Officials Play Hardball On Student Loan Defaults

6:34am May 09, 2017

by Bobby Allyn

The federal government is ramping up an experimental program in which they hire debt-collection law firms to sue borrowers who decades ago defaulted on student loans.

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Administrators at Penn State's main campus in State College, Pa., had already banned Beta Theta Pi after the hazing death of a pledge, which has resulted in involuntary manslaughter charges.

Penn State Student's Hazing Death Was No Accident, Grand Jury Says

7:29pm May 08, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Eight Beta Theta Pi fraternity members face charges of involuntary manslaughter over the death of a new pledge in February. For nearly 12 hours after Timothy Piazza fell, no one called an ambulance.

When You're Not Quite Sure If Your Teacher Is Human

9:54am May 08, 2017

by Tasnim Shamma

When this computer science professor became overwhelmed with the number of questions students were asking, he recruited artificial intelligence to help serve up some answers.

Education

Harvard Library Fines No More

7:48am May 06, 2017

by Scott Simon

Harvard announced this week that they will no longer charge 50 cents a day for overdue books. Harvard's Steven Beardsley told The Harvard Crimson that overdue book fines are stressing students.