Los Angeles teachers strike looms in nation’s second-largest school district
Teachers in Los Angeles are preparing to strike Thursday to demand higher pay and smaller class sizes.
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The stories student reporters want to see in 2019
Participants from the NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs, a project that teaches young reporters about journalism and media literacy, share what they’d like to see from the media in 2019.
Watchdog to review DeVos’ decision to revive a troubled accreditor
The move by the education secretary has become a flashpoint in a broader debate over the regulation of for-profit colleges.
Could being born in August make an ADHD diagnosis more likely?
More than 6 million of U.S. children have been diagnosed with ADHD, the most common neurobehavioral disorder during childhood. And this number has doubled in less than two decades.
Author Kenneth C. Davis examines another deadly effect of World War I: the spread of the Spanish flu.
Voters with college degrees and higher incomes appear to be souring on President Donald Trump, a shift that could hurt Republican candidates in the midterm elections.
To be a better teacher of the meaning of empathy, it helps to use the same tools of technology that young people are using.
Maine, land of lobsters and lighthouses, is also the nation’s oldest state. With a median age of 43, roughly a third of its population is in or approaching retirement. To counter its aging workforce, the state is attempting to attract…
There were no lights, air conditioning or working toilets when Natalia Merced returned to her dorm room at the University of Puerto Rico in late October, a month after Hurricane Maria struck the island. Classes had resumed at the university’s…
