Minority male students face challenge to achieve at community colleges
Although black and Latino male students enter community colleges with higher aspirations than those of their white peers, white men are six times as likely to graduate in three years with a certificate...
View ArticleBall State questioned on intelligent design ban
MUNCIE, Ind. — Four state lawmakers are investigating Ball State University’s decision toprohibit the teaching of intelligent design in a science course. University President Jo Ann Gora concluded last...
View ArticleProgram will help cash-strapped teachers fund their projects
For 14 years, Los Angeles math teacher Darryl Newhouse has run a robotics program aimed at showing inner-city students that careers in science and engineering are just as possible as ones in sports and...
View ArticleNew school funds should go to needy students first, group says
A citywide coalition of community groups is demanding that 80% of $1 billion in new school funding headed to L.A. Unified be spent on needy students according to decisions made by local schools rather...
View ArticleTeacher removed for ‘dangerous’ science projects; supporters rally
A popular Los Angeles high school science teacher has been suspended after students turned in projects that appeared dangerous to administrators, spurring a campaign calling for his return to the...
View ArticleMake a difference: Dr. Curtis Ivery
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Back in his youth, Dr. Curtis Ivery had a learning experience through his dad that he never forgot. He was planting a garden with his dad and...
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The colleges with the happiest students, according to the Princeton Review
COURTESY OF HUFFINGTON POST If you feel like a room without a roof, you’re either Pharrell Williams or a Commodore. That’s because Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee, recently...
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UC campuses dominate top of Washington Monthly rankings
The main library at UC San Diego, ranked best national university by Washington Monthly. (UC San Diego) Four UC campuses — San Diego, Riverside, Berkeley and Los Angeles — placed in the top spots in...
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Lawmakers send Gov. Jerry Brown bill for more university funding
Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) is pushing for more money for public universities in California. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) When California lawmakers settled on a new state budget...
View ArticleState Policies on Sex Education in USA Schools 2019
Why Is Sexual Education Taught in Schools? ClassroomA 2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) survey indicates that more than 47 percent of all high school students say they have had sex,...
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