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Backlash over Common Core extends to US Catholic schools

The backlash against standardized testing is rippling through some Roman Catholic schools as they balance the college-driven Common Core learning standards with spiritual goals. The...

Experts: Black studies programs facing campus challenges

DETROIT (AP) — Protests by University of Missouri Black students that forced the school's administration to address racism and other problems mirror efforts decades...

Texas board may vote to let academics check school textbooks

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas education officials may vote this week to have outside experts check for factual errors in textbooks used in its...

Public boarding school _ the way to solve educational ills?

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo's chronically struggling school system is considering an idea gaining momentum in other cities: public boarding schools that put round-the-clock...

NASCAR effort focuses on math, science for kids

WASHINGTON (AP) — It takes a lot of geometry and physics to get a race car to go 200 laps at speeds that can...

Schools a haven for many unaccompanied minors

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — After 14 years of separation from her parents and a harrowing journey across the U.S. border, Milsa Martinez finds solace...

Silicon Valley's interns enjoy perk-filled summer

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Sitting in a kitchen stocked with free food, a handful of 20-something Google summer interns weigh their favorite perks,...

Inner-city school applauds first college graduates

CHICAGO (AP) — Jamil Boldian headed to college four years ago, arriving in small-town Ohio with a one-way Megabus ticket and $17.91 to his...

Why Google should call some Black friends

Google just did something few tech companies have shown interest in doing: It seriously confronted the issue of diversity – or, rather, its lack...

Google says workforce mostly White, male

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — In a groundbreaking disclosure, Google revealed Wednesday how very White and male its workforce is — just 2 percent...

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