Education

How a simple game of chess can break through stereotypes

By PBS News Hour

To Lemuel LaRouche, chess is more than a game. By getting young people from different backgrounds to engage in the game of chess, you can alter bad perceptions, stereotypes and mistrust. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault sits down with LaRouche for…

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What is it like to be a Muslim at a Baptist university?

By Larisa Epatko

Baylor University senior Lama Zakzok would like to add one more religious student organization to Baylor's list: Project Nur, an initiative meant to build acceptance for Muslims and prepare future leaders in social justice.

LGBT employees ask Education Secretary to keep protections

By Maria Danilova, Associated Press

Staffers at the Education Department urged the new secretary to issue a statement confirming her commitment to Title IX rules.

Trump’s orders on immigration rattle some educators

By Corey Mitchell & Francisco Vara-Orta, Education Week

Educators are grappling with uncertainty, not knowing what the White House plans next or how Trump's executive orders on immigration will affect students.

To fight student homelessness, this school district helps the whole family

By PBS News Hour

If a homeless student is worrying about where he is spending the night, it’s likely he’s not going to be thinking much about his homework. And in one of the poorest districts in Kansas, educators have realized that to help…

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Protest marks public school visit by new education secretary

By Maria Danilova, Associated Press

Betsy DeVos was met with shouts of "stand up, fight back" from angry protesters as she made her first visit to a public school Friday as education secretary.

Would this new idea help students manage the college affordability crisis?

By Mikhail Zinshteyn, The Hechinger Report

A tuition cooperative is a new idea aimed at tempting colleges to give discounts: Students interested in the same field of study or training could band together, pool resources and commit to a school as a group, lowering costs.

Column: How I learned my own value as a black male teacher

By Ricky House

I can count on one hand the number of black men who have taught me in a classroom setting and that is not okay.

San Francisco becomes first city to offer free community college tuition to all residents

By Dave Berndtson

The new program comes as several other jurisdictions, including the states of New York and Rhode Island, are considering free tuition programs.

WATCH: Betsy DeVos makes first speech as education secretary

By News Desk

Devos will address employees at the Department of Education for the first time since being confirmed and sworn in as President Trump's education secretary.