Curriculum - Page 49

August 6, 2016

American victim of knife attack remembered fondly

Friends and colleagues described 64-year-old Florida woman killed in a knife rampage in central London as a retired special education teacher who enjoyed tennis and doted on her husband.

July 8, 2016

Bill Nye visits new Noah's ark attraction he criticized

Bill Nye is touring a new Noah's Ark attraction in Kentucky that he has called a danger to the nation's science education.

July 6, 2016

Lawsuit: Lab students at university in Ohio grouped by sex

A University of Cincinnati student is suing the school in federal court, saying she was told she had to work with other female students and not with male students in a physics lab.

July 2, 2016

Elite NYC school teaching kindergartners about 'white privilege'

An elite Manhattan school is teaching white students as young as 6 that they’re born racist and should feel guilty benefiting from “white privilege,” while heaping praise and cupcakes on their black peers.

June 16, 2016

Delaware school drops Redskins nickname

A Delaware school has joined other institutions that will stop using the nickname "Redskins" and Native American imagery.

June 13, 2016

Andrew Lloyd Webber offers $1.3 million grant for children

Andrew Lloyd Webber came to cheer on his kid rock band at the Tony Awards — and also to give out some money to encourage more musical kids.

June 8, 2016

Some schools miss out on grant access after testing opt-outs

Ninety-nine New York schools missed out on being labeled "Reward Schools" because not enough students took the state's math and English assessments last year.

June 1, 2016

Alabama teacher suspended over gang test

An Alabama teacher is on leave after giving middle school students a test with math questions about prostitutes, drugs and guns.

May 24, 2016

Actor-director Timothy Busfield will work at Michigan State

Emmy-winning actor Timothy Busfield will share his skills with students at Michigan State University.

May 23, 2016

Mexican-American textbook stirs cultural debate in Texas

A textbook proposed to help teach the cultural history of Mexican-Americans in Texas public schools is under scrutiny by scholars.