Education

New Mexico sues Google over collection of children’s data

By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press

Google disputes the allegations, saying the service allows schools to control account access and requires they obtain parental consent when necessary.

Macron to limit teacher exchanges to control how Islam is taught in France

By Sylvie Corbet, Jean-Francois Badias, Associated Press

Macron said Tuesday that the government wants to combat "foreign interference" in how Islam is practiced and organized in secular France.

MIT to caption online videos after discrimination lawsuit

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

The settlement was announced Tuesday and comes months after a similar agreement was reached in a lawsuit brought against Harvard University by the National Association of the Deaf.

Student Reporting Labs on the experiences of LGBTQ youth

By Student Reporting Labs

For the last several weeks, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ “No Labels Attached” series has explored how stereotypes are impacting young people through race and culture and in sports. The latest installation looks at misconceptions about LGBTQ youth.

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Analysis: Trump places a big bet on career and technical education

By Shaun M. Dougherty, The Conversation

The White House wants to nearly double the total federal commitment to provide states with funds for career and technical education – from about US$1.2 billion in the current fiscal year to about $2.1 billion for fiscal 2021.

Why education unions are disputing the efficacy of active shooter drills

Active shooter drills have become nearly ubiquitous in American schools. Although they are intended to prepare students and teachers to protect themselves in case of an armed intruder, the largest education unions in the U.S. say there's little evidence they…

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Teachers unions ask schools to rethink shooting drills

By Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press

The nation's two largest teachers unions want schools to revise or eliminate active shooter drills, asserting Tuesday that they can harm students' mental health and that there are better ways to prepare for the possibility of a school shooting.

Student Reporting Labs on misconceptions about race and culture

By Student Reporting Labs

PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs has been exploring how stereotypes are impacting young people as part of their “No Labels Attached” series. Our latest installment looks at what youth are saying about race, culture and the misconceptions they are facing.

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How a college prank turned into a public art tradition

By Joshua Barajas

The inflatable replica that rests on the lake’s solid surface isn’t a political statement, nor a throwback to the ending of 1969’s “Planet of the Apes,” but a decades-long tradition founded on a good laugh.

Students often struggle after a mental health crisis. Can this support system help?

By Alfonso Serrano, The Hechinger Report

More kids are missing school because of anxiety and depression and schools are struggling to help those students returning from a mental health crisis. A Massachusetts program is trying to disrupt that cycle.