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Curriculum January 10, 2017

Father: Alabama school used 'buckle chair' to punish son

The father of a special-needs student in Alabama claims his son was punished by being restrained in a chair designed for therapeutic purposes.

Curriculum December 7, 2016

Textbook that says some slaves treated like family is pulled

A social studies textbook that says some slaves in Connecticut were cared for like family members is being pulled from fourth-grade classrooms in Norwalk.

Curriculum December 7, 2016

Poet, nail art lover among warehouse fire victims

There was a mortuary worker who dreamed of being a painter or photographer.

Kansas December 6, 2016

Transgender student named king of Kansas school dance

A 17-year-old transgender student who advocated for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights at a suburban Wichita high school was named king of a winter ball after receiving the most votes from his fellow students.

Curriculum December 2, 2016

Cicely Tyson performs Langston Hughes at Ebony gala

Cicely Tyson performed a Langston Hughes poem as she accepted a lifetime achievement award from Ebony magazine.

Curriculum November 17, 2016

San Francisco teachers union offers lesson plan calling Trump racist, sexist

San Francisco's public schools have been offered a classroom lesson plan that calls President-elect Donald Trump a racist, sexist man who became president "by pandering to a huge racist and sexist base."

Curriculum October 18, 2016

Teacher fired after video shows her dragging student by hair

Officials in a Mississippi school district have fired a special education teacher after a video showed her dragging a special-needs student by her hair across the floor.

Curriculum October 13, 2016

Prosecutors: no charges in death of man taken into custody

Prosecutors say two security guards investigated in the death of a special education teacher who died after being taken into custody at a District of Columbia apartment building will not face charges.

Curriculum October 5, 2016

In 'Voyage,' the history of life on a very big screen

About 20 years ago, Andrew Knoll, a professor of natural history and NASA consultant, was sitting in his office at Harvard when he got a strange phone call.

Curriculum September 15, 2016

'Game of Thrones,' 'Veep' defend Emmy crowns amid change

Television has become a Wild West of adventurous channels and booming digital platforms, with intriguing new shows pouring into its wide-open spaces.

Kansas September 4, 2016

'Makerspaces' balance, challenge for test-heavy curriculums

Public schools around the country are joining an educational movement that changes how students learn and teachers work.