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In Flint, Lead Crisis Moves From Homes to Schools
FLINT, Mich. — Nakiya Wakes could not understand how her wiry, toothy-grinned 6-year-old had gone from hyperactive one school year to what teachers described as hysterical the next. Then, in 2015, the state of Michigan delivered a diagnosis of sorts: Wakes’ neighborhood’s water — which her son, Jaylon, had been drinking and bathing in for more than a year — was saturated with lead, at some of the highest levels in the city.
U.S. Orders 2 Universities to Recast Tone on Israel
WASHINGTON — The Education Department has ordered Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to remake the Middle East studies program run jointly by the two schools after concluding that it was offering students a biased curriculum that, among other complaints, did not present enough “positive” imagery of Judaism and Christianity in the region.
Thousands of California Students Lose Financial Aid in Regulatory Fight
WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of students in California enrolled in online classes at out-of-state colleges abruptly lost federal financial aid this week after they found themselves in the crossfire of a regulatory fight between Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the nation’s largest teachers union.
LeBron James Opened a School That Was Considered an Experiment. It's Showing Promise.
AKRON, Ohio — The students paraded through hugs and high-fives from staff, who danced as Sister Sledge’s “We Are Family” blared through the hallways. They were showered with compliments as they walked through a buffet of breakfast foods.
LeBron James Opened a School That Was Considered an Experiment. It's Showing Promise
AKRON, Ohio — The students paraded through hugs and high-fives from staff, who danced as Sister Sledge’s “We Are Family” blared through the hallways. They were showered with compliments as they walked through a buffet of breakfast foods.
DeVos Backs $5 Billion in Tax Credits for School Choice
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday pitched a $5 billion federal tax credit that would fund scholarships to private schools and other educational programs, throwing her weight behind what will be a difficult legislative undertaking to fund the Trump administration’s signature education initiative.
DeVos to Announce Federal Tax Credit for School Choice
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday plans to back a proposal for a $5 billion federal tax credit for donations to scholarships for private schools and other educational programs, according to a senior Education Department official.
DeVos to Announce Federal Tax Credit for School Choice
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday plans to back a proposal for a $5 billion federal tax credit for donations to scholarships for private schools and other educational programs, according to a senior Education Department official.A 'Second Chance' after 27 years in prison: How criminal justice helped an ex-inmate graduate
When they were 19, they were starting college. When he was 19, he was starting a prison sentence for murder that would last 27 years, one month and seven days — longer than his fellow graduates had been alive.
DeVos repeals obama-era rule cracking down on for-profit colleges
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday officially repealed an Obama-era regulation that sought to crack down on for-profit colleges and universities that produced graduates with no meaningful job prospects and mountains of student debt they could not hope to repay.
Urban schools in danger of losing the resources immigration brought
BALTIMORE — Mary Donnelly, principal of John Ruhrah Elementary/Middle School, has watched with pride for 18 years as new languages proliferated in the hallways, different countries were added to her social studies worksheets and the student population nearly quadrupled.
Urban schools in danger of losing the resources immigration brought
BALTIMORE — Mary Donnelly, principal of John Ruhrah Elementary/Middle School, has watched with pride for 18 years as new languages proliferated in the hallways, different countries were added to her social studies worksheets and the student population nearly quadrupled.
'It's like the wild west': Sexual assault victims struggle in k-12 schools
WINCHESTER, Va. — Nausea had consumed her as her attacker pinned her arms down at a park, forced her first kiss upon her, and tried to take off her pants at the tender age of 14, and nausea resurfaced every time she saw him in the hallways of her high school.
'Reigniting Dreams': An NBA star's school is gaining ground
AKRON, Ohio — The students paraded through hugs and high-fives from staff, who danced as Sister Sledge’s “We Are Family” blared through the hallways. They were showered with compliments as they walked through a buffet of breakfast foods.
DeVos backs $5 billion in tax credits for school choice
In an announcement Thursday, DeVos called it a “bold” proposal that gives “hundreds of thousands of students across the country the power to find the right fit for their education.”
