2021-02-10 Student Mental Health Difficulties on the Rise
Claire Brennan Tillberg’s 11-year-old daughter has been hospitalized twice in recent months after sharing that she was having suicidal thoughts.…
2021-02-07 US Drops Case Against Yale for Racial Discrimination
The U.S. Department of Justice withdrew a lawsuit last week against Yale University over how it accepts students. In October…
2021-02-03 School Reopening Debate Divides US Community
The Decatur, Georgia school system, near the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is in a community full…
2021-01-31 Will Universities Require Coronavirus Vaccination for Students?
People involved in higher education are asking: Will universities require students to get the coronavirus vaccine before they come back…
2021-01-27 Tips for Better Conversations in English at Work
When we are learning a new language, carrying on a conversation can be difficult. It is even harder when there…
2021-01-24 How Pandemic Has Changed College Applications for Students
One of the most important parts of a college application is a student’s list of “extracurricular activities.” A student might…
2021-01-24 Teens Tutor Others Online to Fill Need During the Pandemic
Charvi Goyal is a high school student from Dallas, Texas who helps out other classmates by tutoring them between classes.…
2021-01-21 US College Program Accused of Human Trafficking
Eleven international students have taken legal action against companies and a small community college in the central United States. A…
2021-01-20 US Push to Reopen Schools as Teachers Get Vaccinated
American political leaders are pushing for schools to reopen this winter as teachers started to receive COVID-19 vaccines. But others…
2021-01-17 The Sound of a Foreign Word Caused Debate on US Campus
Last August, The University of Southern California, known as USC, became involved in a dispute over language that appeared widely…
2021-01-13 Teachers Help Students Understand Violence at US Capitol
Social studies teachers across the United States are changing their plans for lessons this week. They want to help young…
2021-01-10 The Influence of a Non-Traditional High School Chief
Joe Clark was a non-traditional high school principal whose unusual way of enforcing rules became the subject of a 1989…
2021-01-10 Who Is Miguel Cardona, Biden’s Choice for Education Chief?
The United States will soon welcome Joe Biden as its new president. The president-elect has already named several people to…
2021-01-06 Outdoor Education Continues in the Cold
Cindy Soule is a teacher in Portland, Maine, an area known to have extremely cold and snowy winters. But cold…
2021-01-02 College Students Among Leaders in Coronavirus Reporting
Student reporters have been on the frontlines of COVID-19 news coverage at their universities. This year, many of them broke…