Category Archives: Education
Report: Tenure offer revoked from slavery project journalist
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Faculty members of a North Carolina university want an explanation for the school's reported decision to back away from offering a tenured teaching position to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, whose work on the country’s histo...
Alberta students, except in north, to return to in-person classes after long weekend
EDMONTON — Alberta's education minister says all kindergarten to Grade 12 students, other than some in northern Alberta, can return to schools following the May long weekend. Adriana LaGrange said Wednesday that students in the Regional Municipality of...
‘Let’s Make a Slave’ lesson lawsuit dismissed in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed last fall against the Metro Nashville Public Schools and a teacher over an elementary school assignment called “Let’s Make a Slave.”
‘Let’s Make a Slave’ lesson lawsuit dismissed in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed last fall against the Metro Nashville Public Schools and a teacher over an elementary school assignment called “Let’s Make a Slave.”
Biden celebrates Coast Guard, stresses role on world stage
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday used his first commencement address as commander in chief to tell Coast Guard Academy graduates they will play a vital role as the United States reasserts itself on the world
Tennessee governor OKs transgender youth treatment ban
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After signing two bills into law targeting transgender people over the past week, Tennessee's Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation that bans gender-confirming treatment for young minors despite objections that the series of bi...
Tennessee governor OKs transgender youth treatment ban
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After signing two bills into law targeting transgender people over the past week, Tennessee's Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation that bans gender-confirming treatment for young minors despite objections that the series of bi...
Tennessee governor OKs transgender youth treatment ban
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After signing two bills into law targeting transgender people over the past week, Tennessee's Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation that bans gender-confirming treatment for young minors despite objections that the series of bi...
PBO report finds that NDP plan to slash student debt would cost $4 billion
OTTAWA — Parliament's budget watchdog says the NDP plan to cut student debt would cost about $4 billion. The New Democrats' campaign-style pledge this spring promised to cancel up to $20,000 in tuition, freeze loan payments through July 2022 and scrap
German minister quits amid thesis plagiarism allegations
BERLIN (AP) — A prominent German government minister resigned on Wednesday as a long-running controversy over allegations of plagiarism in her doctoral thesis nears its conclusion.
