Education
Hollins University was founded in 1842 on the principle that "young women require the same thorough and rigid training as that afforded to young men." Melissa Block/NPR hide caption
Parents are scrambling after schools suddenly cancel class over staffing and burnout
An aerial view of The Oval on the campus of the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Terry Gilliam/AP hide caption
LiceDoctors technician Linda Holmes checks the heads of everyone in the Marker family for lice, including preschooler Hudson. It cost more than $200 to get the four-person household checked — eyebrows and Dad's beard included. Rae Ellen Bichell/KHN hide caption
A painting by artist Sidney King depicting a Dutch ship with 20 enslaved African people arriving at Point Comfort, VA in 1619, marking the beginning of slavery in America. Sidney King/Associated Press hide caption
Nikole Hannah-Jones won a MacArthur "Genius" Grant in 2017. She is a tenured faculty member at Howard University. The New York Times hide caption
'1619 Project' journalist says Black people shouldn't be an asterisk in U.S. history
After two student suicides over one October weekend, UNC students created a makeshift memorial on the Chapel Hill campus. To reduce the risk of suicide contagion, any memorial sites or activities should be limited, experts say, and should not glorify, vilify or stigmatize the deceased student or their death. Ira Wilder/Daily Tar Heel hide caption
Howard University students gathered on campus to protest poor housing conditions and what they said was mistreatment by the university administration in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25. Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
Raquel Coronell Uribe will become the first Latinx president of the Harvard Crimson student newspaper. Raquel Coronell Uribe hide caption
Internet access has always been a problem for Faylene Begay, a single mother of four living on the Navajo reservation in Arizona. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
Students are still struggling to get internet. The infrastructure law could help
Veronica Vargas helps her children get ready for bed. The three boys sleep in the back of the SUV while Vargas and her partner, Alex, work the overnight shift. Rachel Wisniewski for NPR hide caption
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster sent a letter to the state's department of education this week about Gender Queer: A Memoir, a book he wants investigated. Jeffrey Collins/AP hide caption
When can kids take off their masks in school? Here's what some experts say
Teacher Keishia Thorpe said she was speechless after winning the Global Teacher Prize 2021 at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Thorpe teaches English to high school students whose families have immigrated to the U.S. Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Most students who want to transfer colleges don't. Here's how to start
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai poses for photo session during the G7 Development and Education Ministers Meeting, in Paris in 2019. Christophe Petit Tesson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Manfred Steiner, 89, recently earned his Ph.D. in physics from Brown University. Nick Dentamaro/Brown University hide caption
