Tag: Education issues
US churches reckon with traumatic legacy of Native schools
The discoveries of hundreds of unmarked graves at former residential schools for Indigenous children in Canada have prompted renewed calls for a reckoning over...
Memorial for Sandy Hook massacre victims nears construction
NEWTOWN, Conn. — After nearly eight years of discussion and planning, a memorial to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is...
Hugs as California public school returns to class in person
CHULA VISTA, Calif. — There was pumping music, dancing teachers and lots of hugs as one of the first public schools in California opened...
Indictment: Man who hates women planned shooting at sorority
CLEVELAND — A man who identifies with a group that despises women appeared in federal court in Cincinnati on Wednesday on charges related to...
Getaway driver gets 42 years in Chicago honor student death
CHICAGO — The getaway driver in the 2013 fatal shooting of a Chicago high school honor student who just days before her death had...
Israel arrests dozens of Hamas-linked students in West Bank
JERUSALEM — Israel says it arrested “dozens” of Palestinian students in the occupied West Bank who are linked to the Hamas militant group.
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Sex harassment lawsuit against Yale, doctor, is settled
HARTFORD, Conn. — A settlement has been reached in a wide-ranging sexual harassment lawsuit filed by six women who were doctors at Yale University...
Video shows Florida massacre suspect attacking jail guard
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Accused Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz rushed at a jail guard and was briefly able to wrestle him to the...
Oklahoma board approves rules banning certain race theories
OKLAHOMA CITY — Public school teachers in Oklahoma could have their teaching licenses suspended for teaching certain concepts about race and racism under new...
Former football player says KU ignored harassment complaints
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A former University of Kansas football player says the university offered him more than $50,000 in benefits if he left the...