MD's new Superintendent of schools means business
Maryland’s new Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Carey Wright, means business. Wright stated that her first order of business is to boost literacy levels and math skills, as well as test scores.
Maryland’s new Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Carey Wright, means business. Wright stated that her first order of business is to boost literacy levels and math skills, as well as test scores.
Maggie Long has been the only person in her grade at St. Mark's School in King's Cove since Grade 3. (Troy Turner/CBC)St. Mark's School in King's Cove, a tiny town of 90 people on Newfoundland's Bonivista Peninsula, has been Maggie Long's second home most of her life.It's where she entered kindergarten, and where she will graduate from Grade 12 next month.It's at St. Mark's where she learned how to read, went over her multiplication tables and learned the basics of outer space and history. But m
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review an appeal from a group of parents who claimed their suburban Washington-area school district was hiding transgender support plans involving their children.
A set of quintuplets from New Jersey whose parents are Italian immigrants recently graduated from the same college together -- four years after missing their high school graduation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Povolo quintuplets -- Michael, Victoria, Ludovico, Ashley and Marcus are the first generation from their family to go to college and received their degrees from Montclair State University on May 13. The siblings, who were born on July 4, 2002, each had a different major in college, but managed to complete their degrees at the same time, said Victoria during an interview with "Good Morning America."
Students and administrators at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa say they have reached an agreement to end a pro-Palestinian encampment demonstrating against Israel's military campaign in Gaza.According to a copy of the agreement circulated to students, the deal was signed Monday and includes a number of commitments from the school if the encampment is taken down within 24 hours.Administrators say the university will publicly post a report this fall outlining all of its investments and financial
Scores of graduating students staged a walkout from Yale University's commencement exercises on Monday, protesting the Israeli war in Gaza, Yale's financial ties to weapons makers and its response to pro-Palestinian demonstrations on the Ivy League campus. The walkout began as Yale President Peter Salovey started to announce the traditional college-by-college presentation of candidates for degrees on the grounds of Yale's Old Campus, filled with thousands of graduates in their caps and gowns.
Yahushua Robinson was an energetic boy who jumped and danced his way through life. Then, a physical education teacher instructed the 12-year-old to run outside on a day when the temperature climbed to 107 degrees.
Protesters relocated their days-old encampment — including tents and sleeping bags — to the entrance of the university to be closer to striking academic workers.
Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU) school of medicine is partnering with Headwaters Health Care Centre (HHCC) as one of its newest clinical affiliates. TMU is working to bring a community-driven approach to its medical education. The partnership will help support the advancement of medical education and training in the region while also furthering new innovations, collaborations and community engagement. Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones said that she is happy this partnership has been form
More people moving to the Treasure Valley has not translated to increased student enrollment, forcing districts to consider closing schools.
From sock hops and bell bottoms to low-rise jeans and TikTok dance challenges, each generation has many characteristics and trends that set it apart from the next.
School choice has become a touch point this election cycle as groups have thrown hundreds of thousands of dollars into the races.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia students struggling to figure out how to pay for college in one of the nation's poorest states after the botched rollout of a new federal student aid application could get help under a bill headed to Gov. Jim Justice. State lawmakers approved $83 million for higher education — including $51 million for grants to help students pay tuition — during a special session that ended Tuesday. The state's colleges and universities have seen a 26% reduction in applica
The Supreme Court ruling ended the “separate but equal” doctrine, but 70 years later school segregation is growing in major cities.
In a carpentry workshop at a private school near Maskwacis, Alta., Kascey Crier puts the finishing touches on a black skateboard she has built herself.The words "Skateboarding is not a crime" are spelled out in block letters across the bottom of the board."It's probably the first year I'm actually excited about school," Crier, 16, said in an interview last week. "There's a reason for it now."Carpentry is helping Crier and other high school students carve out new paths for themselves at Mamawi At
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz walked off their jobs and went on strike Monday, the first campus to do so as part of a systemwide protest against a public university they say has violated the speech rights of pro-Palestinian advocates.
Police and the school say all children are out of the building and safe.
Drexel University in Philadelphia threatened to clear an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters on Monday as arrests linked to campus demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war surpassed the 3,000 mark nationwide. Drexel President John Fry said the encampment had disrupted campus life and “cannot be allowed to remain in place.”
The "nightmare situation" reportedly “confirmed their worst fears.”
Convicted B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton is in critical condition and undergoing surgery after he was assaulted by another inmate in a Quebec prison on Sunday.The Correctional Service Canada (CSC) confirmed in a statement Tuesday that Pickton was the victim of a "major assault" at the maximum-security Port-Cartier Institution. Two sources, including one police source, told Radio-Canada that Pickton is between life and death.Pickton was taken to a hospital for treatment and the assailant is in
Plane passengers feel they've found the ultimate in-flight sleep position, but experts strongly advise against it