2023-12-27 Afghan Girls Banned from Education after Sixth Grade
Bahara Rustam is 13 years old. She took her last class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 11 knowing it was the end of her education. Under…
2023-12-26 Three Years after Pandemic, Students Still Far Behind
In the third full school year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, students continued to feel the effects of school closures. Some leading experts and education officials worry that the learning…
2023-12-19 Lacking Counselors, US Schools Turn to Online Therapy
Public schools in the United States are increasingly employing online mental health services, or teletherapy, for students. At least 16 of the 20 largest American public school systems are offering…
2023-12-16 What Led to the Resignation of an Ivy League President?
The presidents of three well-known American universities recently spoke to members of the U.S. Congress about antisemitism on college campuses. Antisemitism is the word used to describe a hatred of…
2023-12-12 Study: Student Learning Decreased in Math, Reading Worldwide
Students around the world suffered historic setbacks in reading and math during the COVID-19 pandemic. That information comes from results of the latest Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). The…
2023-12-09 US College Closings Worry Educators
American higher education experts are concerned that small colleges closed at a high rate in 2023. They say college closures can prevent students from finishing their study programs and take…
2023-12-05 Some US Schools Operate outside State Education System
Nearly 9,000 private schools in the American state of Louisiana do not need state approval to give high school diplomas. Public schools, formal homeschooling programs and traditional private schools all…
2023-12-02 International Students in US Experience American Holidays
Researchers report that more than one million foreign students attended college or university in the United States last year. The data comes from the government-supported study called Open Doors Report…
2023-11-28 Media Program Helps Young People in Washington, DC
A 17-year-old student in Washington, D.C. recently got the chance to interview retired American basketball star Magic Johnson. As a result, Magic offered to pay for the student’s college education…
2023-11-25 Black, Latino Students Have Reduced Chances for Success
A federal study of all public schools says that America’s Black and Latino students have reduced chances of success. The data came from the Civil Rights Data Collection, which is…
2023-11-22 Children in South Africa Walk a Long Way to School
Fourteen-year-old Luyanda Hlali walks 10 kilometers to school. She lives in the little village of Stratford in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. There are no school buses. There is only the…
2023-11-21 Researchers: Report Cards Unclear about Students Knowledge, Learning
A recent opinion study says a big majority of parents in the United States believe their child is performing at grade level in school. However, standardized tests show far fewer…
2023-11-18 International Student Numbers in US Recover
A recent report shows that the number of international students studying in the United States has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Over 1 million international students attended American colleges and universities…
2023-11-14 US Boys Graduate High School at Lower Rates Than Girls
The U.S. government does not require states to report graduation rates by a student’s sex. But in every state reporting high school graduation rates by gender, research shows female students…
2023-11-11 English Professor Uses Board Games to Teach Climate Change
Isidora Djukic is a biology and chemistry student at John Carroll University near Cleveland, Ohio. She never thought that one day she would be in a classroom where an English…