May 3, 2016 UW-Madison chemistry Ph.D. student illustrates her thesis in a comic book A former Wisconsin student says illustrating her chemistry thesis in a comic book helped her share the work with her family and friends as well as a host of others interested in accessible science.
May 3, 2016 As standardized tests move online, schools want students to know Ctrl+Alt+Del as well as 3 R's School districts across the U.S. are working to give their students command of a computer keyboard now that a majority of states are administering standardized tests online for the first time.
May 3, 2016 Died free: Revelation about slave woman's death at key Civil War battle takes center stage A cannonball that ripped through the cabin of Hannah Reynolds' master made her a footnote of misfortune, the lone civilian death at the pivotal battle of the U.S. Civil War.
May 3, 2016 Wounded as a slave, died free: Revelation about woman's death at Appomattox takes center stage A Civil War cannonball that ripped through Hannah Reynolds' master's cabin made her a footnote of misfortune, the lone civilian death at the Battle of Appomattox Court House.
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.
