Education
Latest Stories
cc0cbc0c0e60f411520f6a706700a43b.jpg
In this April 24, 2014 photo, Amanda Butler, right, a University of Illinois graduate student in anthropology, holds a map of an archaeological site near Danville, Ill. Butler has been studying sites in eastern Illinois that are thought to have ties to Cahokia Mounds, an ancient southwestern Illinois historical site near Collinsville. (AP Photo/The News-Gazette, Tracy Moss) MANDATORY CREDIT
5d3df4d30e98f511520f6a70670041e8.jpg
New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina, center, hugs President of the United Federation of Teachers Michael Mulgrew as Mayor Bill de Blasio laughs during a news conference at City Hall in New York, Thursday, May 1, 2014. New York City and its largest teachers union struck a deal on a new contract Thursday, ending a nearly five-year labor dispute and potentially setting a template for negotiations with the city's other unions. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
dbf93dc90cb8ed11520f6a70670063ab.jpg
ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 4 AND THEREAFTER - In this April 10, 2014 photo, Western Junior High School teacher Liz Gregor watches over her students as they work on Edgenuity, an online program that supplements classroom instruction in Kinderhook, Ill. Students move through the lesson at their own pace in the computer lab, where it’s quiet enough to hear every click of the mouse under the low murmur of conversation when a student asks a question of their teacher. The district expanded Edgenuity into all sixth- to 12th-grade classes this year and became the only one in the area to launch eSpark, a similar program for kindergarten to fifth-grade students. (AP Photo/The Quincy Herald-Whig, Steve Bohnstedt)
8b12ed6e0cb7ed11520f6a706700079b.jpg
ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 4 AND THEREAFTER - In this April 11, 2014 photo, adaptive physical education leader Katelyn Lowery, 18, right, encourages Elizabeth Limanowski, 16, as Limanowski works out on a stationary bike at Lincoln-Way North High School in Frankfort, Ill. Lowery, a senior, is one of the eight local 2014 Golden Apple Scholars, a program that fosters young educators and provides tuition assistance for college. (AP Photo/The Herald-News, Rob Winner) MANDATORY CREDIT
59ba88440cb7ed11520f6a706700755b.jpg
ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 4 AND THEREAFTER - In this April 11, 2014 photo, adaptive physical education leader Katelyn Lowery, 18, left, and Elizabeth Limanowski, 16, run together on the track inside the field house at Lincoln-Way North High School in Frankfort, Ill. Lowery is one of the eight local 2014 Golden Apple Scholars, a program that fosters young educators and provides tuition assistance for college. (AP Photo/The Herald-News, Rob Winner) MANDATORY CREDIT
166760b70cb7ed11520f6a70670015ac.jpg
ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 4 AND THEREAFTER - In this April 10, 2014 photo, Jimmy Brinkmeyer, front, 10, is helped with a division problem by Daniel Lacy at Stevens Intermediate School in Wilmington, Ill. Lacy is a senior at Wilmington High School and is one of the eight local 2014 Golden Apple Scholars, a program formed in 1989 that fosters young educators and provides tuition assistance for college. (AP Photo/The Herald-News, Rob Winner) MANDATORY CREDIT
b43c89420cb6ed11520f6a7067002de5.jpg
ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 4 AND THEREAFTER - In this April 10, 2014 photo, Brad Stacy, left,11, is helped with a mathematical equation by Daniel Lacy at Stevens Intermediate School in Wilmington, Ill. Lacy is a senior at Wilmington High School and is one of the eight local 2014 Golden Apple Scholars, a program formed to provide tuition assistance during undergraduate studies to prepare students to teach children in challenging school environments. (AP Photo/The Herald-News, Rob Winner) MANDATORY CREDIT
17bf76030e65f411520f6a7067001f1d.jpg
In this Thursday, April 10, 2014 photo, Sally Palmer, a University of Wyoming department of religious studies adjunct assistant lecturer, walks on a footbridge over Spring Creek in LaPrele Park in Laramie, Wyo. She teaches classes about life beyond death, how religion and science can coexist, and how religions compare to one another. (AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Jeremy Martin)
b86421340e66f411520f6a706700af9e.jpg
In this Thursday, April 10, 2014 photo, Sally Palmer, a University of Wyoming department of religious studies adjunct assistant lecturer, sits near Spring Creek in LaPrele Park in Laramie, Wyo. with a stack of student papers to be graded. She teaches classes about life beyond death, how religion and science can coexist, and how religions compare to one another. (AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Jeremy Martin)
d4309c990e21f311520f6a70670060ef.jpg
FILE - This April 10, 2014 file photo shows Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaking in New York. Fifty-five colleges and universities _ big and small, public and private _ are being investigated over their handling of sexual abuse complaints, the Education Department revealed Thursday. Duncan said there had been “lots of internal debate” about whether to release the list but that he believes in transparency; he said the more the country is talking about the problem of sexual assault, the better. Duncan said there is “absolutely zero presumption” of guilt in his mind for schools being investigated. (AP Photo/Michael Sisak, File)
