May 3, 2016 'Lincoln never dies' - 150 years after assassination, he lives on as touchstone for many today In the oak-paneled hush of the reading room overlooking Pennsylvania Avenue, Karen Needles mostly works alone — but always in good company.
May 3, 2016 NASCAR interjecting race cars in school lessons to encourage math, science learning It takes a lot of geometry and physics to get a race car to go 200 laps at speeds that can top 200 mph.
May 3, 2016 More students, parents snubbing standardized tests as part of national movement to 'opt out' When it comes to standardized tests, parents across the country are (a) concerned; (b) demanding change; (c) pulling tens of thousands of children out of the exams; or (d) making themselves heard at the top levels of government.
May 3, 2016 NASCAR seeks to use racing to spark classroom interest in math, science It takes a lot of geometry and physics to get a race car to go 200 laps at speeds that can top 200 mph.
May 3, 2016 US college bars Iranian students from engineering, science programs, citing sanctions The University of Massachusetts at Amherst has banned Iranian nationals from admission to certain graduate programs in a move that school officials say aligns its policy with U.S. sanctions against Iran.
April 28, 2016 Suspended teacher: Students call themselves idiot, retarded A South Carolina school district has suspended a special education teacher after she used the terms "idiot," ''stupid" and "retarded" in a letter requesting her students be exempted from taking standardized tests.
April 28, 2016 Connecticut history teacher named US Teacher of the Year A Connecticut high school history teacher chosen as the National Teacher of the Year says she was surrounded by poverty, drugs and violence as a child but imagined other possibilities for her life with help from educators.
April 5, 2016 Small Ohio university hires fired Ohio State band director The former marching band director who was fired from Ohio State University after an investigation into what the school said was a sexualized culture within the famed band has been hired by a small university in northwest Ohio.
April 1, 2016 New taxidermy class a hit at Michigan high school A Michigan high school is offering a taxidermy course for the first time, and it's a big hit.
March 30, 2016 East LA teen finds escape from gang singing Mexican corridos At first, the teacher didn't believe the 14-year-old kid known for habitually missing school and making trouble in class when he said he wanted to become a professional singer.
