Education
Latest Stories
harvard_slavery_07896.jpg
FILE - In this April 6, 2016 file photo, a plaque that honors four slaves that were owned by, and worked for Harvard's past presidents, is attached to Wadsworth House on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard is hosting a conference Friday, March 3, 2017, exploring the historical ties between slavery and early universities, including Harvard. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
harvard_slavery_62321.jpg
FILE - This Sept. 9, 2016 photo shows Harkness Tower on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn. Harvard University is taking new steps to confront its past ties to slavery. The Ivy League school is hosting a conference Friday, March 3, 2017, exploring the historical ties between slavery and early universities, including Harvard. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File)
exchange_one_handed_basketball_45318.jpg
ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, photo, Cheng Qian Sullivan, a senior at Roanoke Catholic School, plays in a game during a high school basketball practice in Roanoke, Va. By the end of February, The Roanoke school's boys basketball team had played 29 games during the 2016-17 season. Sullivan had played in 15 of them. (Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times via AP)
exchange_one_handed_basketball_86480.jpg
ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, photo, Cheng Qian Sullivan, a senior at Roanoke Catholic School, tries to block a shot from head coach Josh Cunningham during a high school basketball practice in Roanoke, Va. By the end of February, the Roanoke school's boys basketball team had played 29 games during the 2016-17 season. Sullivan had played in 15 of them. (Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times via AP)
snap_ipo_high_school_22085.jpg
St. Francis High School president Simon Chiu conducts an interview Friday, March 3, 2017, in Mountain View, Calif. The red-hot IPO debut of vanishing-photo superstar Snap this week not only placed the Southern California startup at a $35 billion value. It also made Mountain View, Calif.'s Saint Francis high school $23 million richer. The Catholic school had invested $15,000 in Snap's early round of funding way back in 2012. By the time shares in Snap had finished trading Thursday afternoon, that pittance had turned into a big fat pile of shareholder value. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
snap_ipo_high_school_35137.jpg
A statue decorates the entrance at St. Francis High School Friday, March 3, 2017, in Mountain View, Calif. The red-hot IPO debut of vanishing-photo superstar Snap this week not only placed the Southern California startup at a $35 billion value. It also made Mountain View, Calif.'s Saint Francis high school $23 million richer. The Catholic school had invested $15,000 in Snap's early round of funding way back in 2012. By the time shares in Snap had finished trading Thursday afternoon, that pittance had turned into a big fat pile of shareholder value. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
snap_ipo_high_school_63950.jpg
Students are seen at St. Francis High School Friday, March 3, 2017, in Mountain View, Calif. The red-hot IPO debut of vanishing-photo superstar Snap this week not only placed the Southern California startup at a $35 billion value. It also made Mountain View, Calif.'s Saint Francis high school $23 million richer. The Catholic school had invested $15,000 in Snap's early round of funding way back in 2012. By the time shares in Snap had finished trading Thursday afternoon, that pittance had turned into a big fat pile of shareholder value. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
snap_ipo_high_school_28735.jpg
Students walk between buildings at St. Francis High School Friday, March 3, 2017, in Mountain View, Calif. The red-hot IPO debut of vanishing-photo superstar Snap this week not only placed the Southern California startup at a $35 billion value. It also made Mountain View, Calif.'s Saint Francis high school $23 million richer. The Catholic school had invested $15,000 in Snap's early round of funding way back in 2012. By the time shares in Snap had finished trading Thursday afternoon, that pittance had turned into a big fat pile of shareholder value. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
snap_ipo_high_school_82767.jpg
An exterior view of St. Francis High School Friday, March 3, 2017, in Mountain View, Calif. The red-hot IPO debut of vanishing-photo superstar Snap this week not only placed the Southern California startup at a $35 billion value. It also made Mountain View, Calif.'s Saint Francis high school $23 million richer. The Catholic school had invested $15,000 in Snap's early round of funding way back in 2012. By the time shares in Snap had finished trading Thursday afternoon, that pittance had turned into a big fat pile of shareholder value. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
snap_ipo_high_school_05900.jpg
Students interact at St. Francis High School Friday, March 3, 2017, in Mountain View, Calif. The red-hot IPO debut of vanishing-photo superstar Snap this week not only placed the Southern California startup at a $35 billion value. It also made Mountain View, Calif.'s Saint Francis high school $23 million richer. The Catholic school had invested $15,000 in Snap's early round of funding way back in 2012. By the time shares in Snap had finished trading Thursday afternoon, that pittance had turned into a big fat pile of shareholder value. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
trump_47649.jpg
President Donald Trump, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, his daughter Ivanka and Janayah Chatelier, 10, left, listen to Landon Fritz, 10, during a tour of Saint Andrew Catholic School, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump_47649.jpg-f87bc.jpg
President Donald Trump, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, his daughter Ivanka and Janayah Chatelier, 10, left, listen to Landon Fritz, 10, during a tour of Saint Andrew Catholic School, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
trump_63963.jpg
President Donald Trump, accompanied by, from left, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and Saint Andrew Catholic School principal Latrina Peters-Gipson, speaks during a tour of Saint Andrew Catholic School, Friday, March 3, 2017, at Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
trump_38733.jpg
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos listens at left as President Donald Trump speaks during a round table discussion at Saint Andrew Catholic School, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
trump_55070.jpg
President Donald Trump talks to children in Jane Jones fourth grade class during a tour of Saint Andrew Catholic School, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. At left is Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
trump_95559.jpg
Saint Andrew Catholic School principal Latrina Peters-Gipson listens at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a round table discussion at the school, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
trump_17069.jpg
President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos pose with fourth graders Janayah Chatelier, 10, left, Landon Fritz, 10, after they received cards from the children, during a tour of Saint Andrew Catholic School, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
president_trump_trip_to_orlando_31706.jpg
Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos arrives in along with President Donald Trump in Air Force One at Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Fla., Friday, March 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr.)
morocco_embroidery_school_86847.jpg
In this photo dated Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, a child learns embroidery in an informal school run by Moroccan fashion designer Fadila El Gadi, in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. A globally successful Moroccan fashion designer returned to her hometown and founded an unusual sewing school aimed at helping poor, troubled children find a path, in a country where youth unemployment is high and the lure of extremism lurks. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
