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Curriculum May 3, 2016

Ex-Ohio State marching band director seeks to expand lawsuit to include board of trustees

Fired Ohio State marching band director Jonathan Waters alleged Wednesday that the university's board was directly involved in his dismissal and asked a judge to let him use other employment actions by the trustees in his lawsuit against the school.

Curriculum May 3, 2016

National Endowment for the Arts awards $74 million in grants to groups in all 50 states

The National Endowment for the Arts is awarding $74 million in grants to arts organizations in all 50 states and five U.S. territories.

Curriculum May 3, 2016

Freedman and Lutvak, 'Gentleman's Guide' creators, return to their old stomping grounds

A classroom door opens at New York University and a 20-something student at the piano tries to not seem flustered by the two men who have joined him.

Curriculum May 3, 2016

Ohio woman gets diploma 63 years after a half-credit of gym class kept her from graduation

An Ohio woman who missed graduation in 1952 because she needed a half-credit of gym class has received her high school diploma more than six decades later.

Curriculum 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.

Curriculum 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.

Curriculum 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.

Curriculum 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.

Curriculum 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.

Curriculum 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.

Curriculum 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.