Study: Nobel Prize often Goes to Creative Thinkers, Not Specialists Experts often tell students to center their efforts on a narrow field to get a job after school. But recent research into Nobel Prize winners suggests that wider interests are import...
Hurricane Ian Causes School Closures in Florida Rescue and recovery operations are continuing in areas affected by the storm in southwestern Florida. Several school systems in the area cannot yet say when they will be ready to reopen. Some schools ar...
Cantonese Speakers Worry about Future of Their Language For years, learning to speak Cantonese was not that hard in San Francisco. It is a place where Cantonese speakers from South China have migrated for over 150 years. But now, there is fear that t...
More University Study Programs Become STEM-designated International students who come to the United States often study science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as STEM. Not as many come for programs in humanities or the arts, the...
Public Libraries Aim to Bring in More Visitors A public library in Boston has a place for serving alcoholic, book-themed drinks. A library in Maryland has a basketball court steps away. Another in Delaware has a room for teenagers to play video games...
Understanding Context Is Important for International Students in US International students in the United States need to understand context and culture if they want to succeed in their studies, experts say. Understanding context means knowing the situ...
Activists Call on Educators to Build up School Systems after Pandemic Education activists have called on world leaders to take steps to build up school systems weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The call came during a United Nations conference center...
More school systems around the country are using online classes when communities face disasters like wildfires, storms, or water shortages. In Jackson, Mississippi, a problem with the public water system left the city without safe water for several d...
The University of Maine Shows How to Increase Its Student Population The number of students going to college in the U.S. has dropped by over one million since the spring of 2020. At that time, COVID-19 restrictions began going into effect everywhere...
School Systems See More Students Repeating Grades Some American children struggled to keep up with schoolwork in the first half of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, many states saw large increases in the number of students who had to repeat grades....
