US High Court to Reconsider Affirmative Action Policies at Colleges In 1961, President John F. Kennedy ordered businesses working for the U.S. government to treat workers and people applying for jobs without regard to their race, creed, color, or nat...
Brazils Strong Reaction to School Shootings Differs from US On April 5, a man killed four children in a Brazilian daycare center. In the weeks since, Brazilian officials have detained 300 adults and children nationwide. The detainees are accused of s...
Almost every area of higher education in the United States has fewer students registering for classes. But many trade programs are growing. Trade programs teach students skills for specific jobs, like electricians or car repair. For many students, sk...
Advisors Help Students Finish Community Colleges Ten years after suspending her studies, Briana Mathis, a 30-year-old mother of two children, is in her first year back at Wallace Community College. Support staff at the school in Dothan, Alabama, sugg...
Some Students Ask What Is the Point of Community College Recent research suggests that there has been a big drop in enrollment in community colleges. Two-year community colleges fill the gap between high schools and four-year colleges. Some students...
An elementary school shooting in the U.S. state of Tennessee recently left three 9-year-olds and three adults dead. Now, state legislatures across the country are moving forward with bills aiming to improve school safety. 美国田纳西州一所小学...
Small Florida College Worries about Government Involvement Willem Aspinall is a 19-year-old student at New College of Florida. He grew up near Chicago. He called his school, near the small city of Sarasota, a little bubble. The term bubble means a sa...
Afghan Girls Struggle with Internet for Online Classes There are a growing number of educational centers trying to reach Afghanistan's girls and women through online classes in their homes. Sofia is an Afghan student taking an online English course....
On-campus Violence Concerns Some International Students, Not Others Gun violence can happen anywhere in the United States. It can happen at a school for children, a holiday parade or a food store. It can also happen on college campuses. In February,...
Italian City Invites Florida Students, Parents to Visit David Statue What does a small school in the American state of Florida have to do with the famous Italian statue of David in Florence, Italy? Well, the mayor of Florence and the museum where Dav...
American high school students who slept less than seven hours each night during the pandemic were more likely to struggle in school. That finding comes from a recent study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. The American...
For Some Retirees, Its Not Time to Stop Learning For those attending classes at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) in Washington, D.C., retirement is not a time to slow down. And it surely is not a time to stop learning. OLLI, which is on t...
Media, Internet Literacy Needs Increase in US Schools More educators and researchers are bringing attention to misinformation spread through the internet and social media. Teachers already face many difficulties. Adding what is called media literacy...
More Young Americans Choosing to Skip College Three years ago, COVID-19 restrictions caused major changes to the way students experienced college. Instead of learning in classrooms, they took classes online. Instead of living on campus, many students...
The earthquakes that destroyed large parts of southern Turkey and northwest Syria in February have affected countless children in both countries. 今年2月摧毁土耳其南部和叙利亚西北部大部分地区的地震影响了这两个国家无数...
