Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs urged female graduates to embrace the title of "homemaker" in a controversial commencement speech. The NFL says he was speaking "in his personal capacity."
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With the 75-year-old Park Road Montessori School slated for demolition, two students are fighting to protect towering trees that represent the school's nature-oriented vision.
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A lower-than-expected revenue surplus could delay extra funding for a private school voucher program.
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North Carolina's Charter Schools Review Board voted unanimously Monday to stop public funding for a financially troubled Kinston school. It's the second school the board has voted to close this spring.
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Nearly 800 faculty and staff members at UNC-Chapel Hill have signed an open letter calling on administrators to lift punishments on student protesters who participated in the pro-Palestinian demonstrations last week.
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The CEO of an online educational gaming company donated more than $40,000 combined to the North Carolina Republican Party. Around the same time, his company, Plasma Games, received $6.3 million in state funding to put its science platform in schools. Now, state education officials say more than half the funds are going unused by schools.
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Columbia cancels its main ceremony, while Emory's events will now take place in the suburbs outside its Atlanta campus. The moves come after weeks of protests against the war in Gaza.
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Students in the U.K., France and Mexico have sought to erect what many of them call "solidarity encampments," prompting a variety of responses from university authorities and local law enforcement.
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The Cumberland County School District held its 5th annual feather ceremony for graduating Native American high school seniors.
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A student studying conservation biology at Queens University shares the small wonders he observed studying the wildlife on campus via motion-triggered cameras.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will hold a town hall in Spanish to connect with a growing segment of the community.
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Campus Y’s co-presidents said the closure feels like a “targeted attack” and punishment for the organization supporting student pro-Palestine activists.
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In an NPR interview, NYC Mayor Eric Adams said he had a 'gut reaction' that outside agitators were leading Columbia anti-war protests. Students beg to differ.