Aug 19 Utah judge reverses law banning transgender girls from sports By Brady McCombs, Sam Metz, Associated Press Transgender girls in Utah will be given the opportunity to participate in female sports as the school year begins after a judge reversed a ban pending legal challenges from parents. Continue reading
Aug 16 Biden administration announces $3.9 billion in debt cancelation for former ITT Tech students By Collin Binkley, Associated Press Students who used federal loans to attend ITT Technical Institute as far back as 2005 will automatically get that debt canceled. Continue reading
Aug 15 ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law brings worry, confusion to Florida schools By Anthony Izaguirre, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Educators are cautiously making changes as they wait to see how the new law governing lessons on gender and sexual orientation will be interpreted and enforced. Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch 2:39 Remembering the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and writer David McCullough, who died on Sunday at the age of 89, was perhaps best known for his biographies of two often overlooked presidents: John Adams and Harry Truman. But his interests ranged far and wide,… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch 6:08 How schools are tackling safety as students return to class By Lisa Desjardins, Kaisha Young As students head back to the classroom in a few weeks, they bring renewed concerns about safety. That's often left up to individual school districts, but some federal money is available to help. Lori Alhadeff, founder of Make Our Schools… Continue watching
Aug 01 Cities face crisis with smaller schools as enrollment shrinks in wake of pandemic By Collin Binkley, Associated Press Across the U.S., COVID-19 relief money is helping to subsidize growing numbers of big-city schools with small numbers of students. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch 5:38 A printmaking workshop inspires artists to push boundaries By Maureen Barillaro and Jared Bowen, GBH The 50-year-old Brandywine Workshop and Archives in Philadelphia draws in artists, both unknown and very well-known, to push boundaries by producing limited edition prints. It's also an opportunity to get their work into major museum collections like the Harvard Art… Continue watching
Jul 26 Climate disinformation continues to leave a mark as world gets hotter By David Klepper, Associated Press Wildfires, floods and soaring temperatures have made climate change real to many Americans. Yet a sizeable number continue to dismiss the scientific consensus that human activity is to blame. Continue reading
Jul 25 WATCH: Pope apologizes for ‘evil’ school abuses committed against Indigenous peoples in Canada By Nicole Winfield, Peter Smith, Associated Press The pontiff says the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed their families and marginalized generations in ways still being felt today. Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch 6:07 Afghan women, girls push for education in the face of Taliban resistance Since reclaiming power of Afghanistan nearly one year ago, the Taliban have significantly rolled back rights for women and girls. The extremist government has also barred hundreds of thousands of girls from attending school. Pashtana Durrani, the executive director of… Continue watching