Thirteen US Universities Form a Free Speech Group Thirteen American colleges and universities recently announced the creation of a plan to support freedom of speech. The plan is part of an effort designed to fight what the schools call threats to U.S...
TV Show Explores Teaching at an Urban Public School An American TV show called Abbott Elementary is a comedy about teachers in a Philadelphia elementary school. The show has been praised for being funny, smart and heartwarming and for dealing with im...
West Virginia University to Cut Languages, Creative Programs School leaders at West Virginia University recently proposed cutting almost 10 percent of the university's study programs and over 100 educators because of a $45 million budget deficit. Inc...
Some Community Colleges Offer Free College Credit for High Schoolers Kara Baker recently graduated from high school in the state of Indiana. She earned more than a high school diploma, however. She also completed a two-year associate degree at the lo...
Educators Seek to Stop AI Use for Cheating Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) services - such as ChatGPT have become a major resource for cheating in university. Now, teachers are thinking of new ways to teach classes in order to stop students fr...
More US Minority Teachers Are Quitting States are reporting that teachers are leaving their jobs in growing numbers. In some cases, retirement is highest among teachers from minority groups. One reason is stress from burnout during the COVID-19 pande...
Schools Lost Track of Homeless Kids during Pandemic During the coronavirus pandemic, many schools struggled to keep a count of students whose families struggled with homelessness. The number of children identified as homeless by schools nationwide dr...
US Colleges Ask for More Writing after Affirmative Action Ban August 1 is the start of the new college admissions season in the United States. It is the day students can start to complete the Common Application for college admission in 2024. The Comm...
Effects of Affirmative Action after 10 Years in Brazil Late last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race cannot be the reason for colleges to accept students. The high court ruled that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment doe...
Most Ivy League Schools Now Have Female Presidents Three women started new terms as presidents at Ivy League universities in July. Their appointments mean that six of the eight highly selective schools are led by a female president. Sian Beilock is n...
Activists Challenge Harvards Legacy Admissions A civil rights group is taking legal action against legacy admissions at Harvard University. It says the practice discriminates against students of color by giving special consideration to mostly white c...
How ChatGPT Can Help Students Learn, Prevent Cheating Some educators worry students may use ChatGPT to cheat on schoolwork. The AI tool could write reports and computer codes. It could create charts that look like those done by humans. A growing numb...
US Supreme Court Rejects Race Consideration in College Admissions The United States Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the consideration of race in college admissions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. The decision ended a...
Why Students Are Missing School, How to Fix It Education officials and activists are concerned about an increase in the number of American students who are absent for many days during the school year. Education policy experts call the problem chronic...
Math, Reading Test Scores in US Continue to Drop after Pandemic 大流行后美国数学、阅读考试成绩继续下降 The U.S. Department of Education expressed concern about long-term learning loss among teenagers who missed class time during th...
