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January 9, 2018

Vote coming on renaming schools honoring Confederate leaders

School officials in a Virginia city plan to vote next month on whether to rename three elementary schools now named after Confederate leaders.

January 7, 2018

School district changes bullying policy after child suicide

An Ohio schools district changed its policies concerning bullying, but its superintendent hasn't directly said whether those changes were influenced by the 2017 suicide of an 8-year-old boy who was reportedly bullied.

January 5, 2018

Correction: Obit-Thomas Monson-A Life story

For more than 50 year, Thomas S. Monson served in top leadership councils for the Mormon church — making him a well-known face and personality to multiple generations of Mormons.

January 5, 2018

Correction: Obit-Thomas Monson story

Thomas S. Monson, the 16th president of the Mormon church, has died after nine years in office.

January 3, 2018

Former heart surgeon set to become next Mormon president

The man set to become the next Mormon church president is a 93-year-old former heart surgeon whose conservative track record on the religion's leadership panel has led Mormon scholars to predict he won't make any major changes.

December 28, 2017

The Latest: Rockwell's 'Shiner' model recalls posing for him

The Latest on the preservation of a prop in a famous Norman Rockwell painting (all times local): 1 p.m.

December 28, 2017

Principal's door from Rockwell's iconic 'Shiner' preserved

The door to a New York school principal's office that served as the setting for one of Norman Rockwell's iconic paintings has been preserved in an exhibit.

December 20, 2017

Most top colleges still regulate campus speech, report says

More than 90 percent of top U.S. colleges have policies regulating campus free speech, with one-third applying severely restrictive policies, according to a recent study.

December 18, 2017

Iowa superintendent opens home to teenage immigrant

The superintendent of Iowa's largest school district and his wife are opening their home to a 17-year-old Guatemalan immigrant after her parents were forced to leave the U.S. because they weren't in the country legally.

December 16, 2017

'Weinstein effect' ripples on campus as top profs confront sex harassment claims

In the wake of numerous allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct leveled at Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and a raft of other news and media personalities, academics from Boston to Berkeley have faced increasing scrutiny for their own dalliances and inappropriate behaviors with students and underlings.