Some top universities in the United States are reporting drops in the number of Black students in their incoming classes. At other colleges, including Princeton University and Yale University, the share of Black students changed little. This fall's c...
The new school year in the Palestinian territories officially began on Monday. But all schools in Gaza are closed after 11 months of war. There is no sign of a ceasefire. Israel gave new orders to people in the northern Gaza Strip to leave their home...
Schoolchildren in the southern Ukrainian city Zaporizhzhia celebrated the traditional first day of school on Sunday. The ceremonies began just hours after warnings of Russian air raids sounded through the city. Zaporizhzhia is just 40 kilometers from...
Flerentin Jean-Baptiste missed school so often that he had to repeat his first year at Medford High School near Boston. Jean-Baptiste said, at school, You do the same thing every day. He was absent 30 days in his first year. Then the principal of the...
Schools in Haiti are operating without enough chairs, blackboards, and even bathrooms. Violent criminal groups limit basic government services and deepen poverty while the state education system faces a $23 million deficit. Yasmine Sherif is the exec...
A class of third-grade students in the American state of Georgia had just a few days left until summer vacation would begin. And lunchtime was only an hour away. But the children, who attend Roberta T. Smith Elementary School in the city of Rex, were...
A measure begun 40 years ago by South Dakota lawmakers and state higher education leaders has turned a small rural college into one of the top high-tech universities in the United States. It began at a time when the future of Dakota State College its...
If parents say no when a child asks for a smartphone, the response they are likely to hear is, Everyone has one. Why can't I? But what would happen if the child's friends did not have a mobile phone either? That is the way that some parents in Europe...
Every four years, the United States holds an election for the president in November. This lesson aims to help teachers and learners understand the political processes and expressions used during the election campaign. The political parties Let us beg...
More American states are pushing for cell phone restrictions in high schools. The move comes as teachers say it is a major problem in the classroom. In July, Virginia became the latest in a growing number of U.S. states to restrict cell phone use in...
A new study says that Americans have increasing questions about the value and cost of a college education. Most of the people taking part in the study felt that higher education in the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction. Gallup and the Lumina Foun...
Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland will no longer pay for classes thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Starting in the autumn, the gift will cover costs for classes, or tuition, for medical...
University closures in the United States in recent years have left tens of thousands of students unsure about their education. Some face increased risk of never finishing their degrees at all. And the closures continue as schools around the country r...
The United Nations children's agency recently noted that one thousand days have passed since Afghan officials banned girls from attending secondary schools. Catherine Russell is the executive director of UNICEF. On June 13, Russell said, No country c...
International students in the United States are concerned that technology job reductions will make it hard to get a good return on their education. For the last three years, technology companies, including Amazon and Google, have greatly reduced thei...
