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March 16, 2017

Amid phone threats, crucial decisions on whether to evacuate

The latest in a wave of bomb threat hoaxes called in to more than 20 Jewish community centers and schools across the country on Monday again put administrators in the position of having to decide whether a threatening message on the other end of a phone line was enough to shred their routines and put people on edge.

March 16, 2017

North Carolina school board rejects ban on Confederate flag

A North Carolina school board has voted not to ban the Confederate flag from school grounds, rejecting two pleas from a local chapter of the NAACP to establish the policy.

March 16, 2017

California high school abandons annual auction of senior

A Northern California high school is abandoning an annual fundraising auction to buy a senior for a day after classmates said they consider the practice insensitive and "all-around wrong." The Sacramento Bee reported Monday (http://bit.ly/2lY0s4w ) that an African-American senior launched a petition to end the practice at John F.

March 16, 2017

New Yale Law dean stresses standing up for rule of law

As the next dean of Yale Law School, Heather Gerken says a key challenge will be figuring how best to stand up for the rule of law.

March 13, 2017

University launches Biden research and policy institute

Former Vice President Joe Biden is joining University of Delaware officials for the launch on Monday of the Biden Institute.

February 15, 2017

Businessman who homeschooled kids to lead schools department

New Hampshire's next education commissioner has been confirmed, despite concerns from the public and state board of education about his lack of a professional background in public education.

February 9, 2017

Pennsylvania school district sued over lead levels in water

A western Pennsylvania school district where high levels of lead in an elementary school's water went unresolved for months faces a federal lawsuit.

February 3, 2017

Texas votes to keep science lessons challenging evolution

The Texas Board of Education has moved closer to tweaking — but still preserving — high school science curriculum requirements that teachers and academics say cast doubt on the theory of evolution.

February 1, 2017

Texas votes to change science lessons challenging evolution

The Texas Board of Education has preliminarily voted to ease — but not completely eliminate — state high school science curriculum requirements that experts argued cast doubt on the theory of evolution.

January 31, 2017

Texas mulls changing science standards questioning evolution

The Texas Board of Education is hearing arguments over changing state science curriculums that critics say are designed to challenge the theory of evolution and leave students wondering whether a higher power created the universe.