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FILE – In this Jan. 28, 2020 file photo, Connecticut State Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona speaks with Berlin High School students while on a tour of the school. President-elect Joe Biden has chosen the education commissioner for Connecticut and a former public school teacher to serve as education secretary. (Devin Leith-Yessian/Berlin Citizen/Record-Journal via AP)

Biden picks Connecticut schools chief as education secretary

December 26, 2020 at 8:38 p.m.

President-elect Joe Biden introduced Miguel Cardona as his pick for education secretary on Wednesday, saying Connecticut抖阴ap education chief and life-long champion of public schools is the right pick to lead...

Susannah Remillard, middle, speaks to one ...

Thanksgiving lessons jettison Pilgrim hats, welcome truth

November 24, 2020 at 3:24 p.m.

A friendly feast shared by the plucky Pilgrims and their native neighbors? That’s yesterday’s Thanksgiving story.

As more colleges stay online, students demand tuition cuts

August 22, 2020 at 1:21 p.m.

As more universities abandon plans to reopen and decide instead to keep classes online this fall, it's leading to conflict between students who say they deserve tuition discounts and college...

FILE – In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, pedestrians walk through the gates of Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, July 8, 2020, challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if they take classes entirely online this fall. Some institutions, including Harvard, have announced that all instruction will be offered remotely in the fall during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students

July 14, 2020 at 1:50 p.m.

Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the country...

President Donald Trump listens during a ...

President Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen in fall

July 8, 2020 at 12:55 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal funding if America's schools don鈥檛 reopen in the fall despite the coronavirus, and he lashed out at federal health officials over聽reopening...

Harvard, MIT sue to block ICE rule on international students

July 8, 2020 at 8:56 a.m.

Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the Trump administration's decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if they take...

International students must leave U.S. if classes go online under new guidelines

July 6, 2020 at 7:10 p.m.

International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines issued Monday by federal...

Amid coronavirus pandemic, fewer students seek federal aid for college

July 6, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

The number of high school seniors applying for U.S. federal college aid plunged in the weeks following the sudden closure of school buildings this spring -- a time when students...

Counselor in residence Megan Lawrence sits ...

Colleges in Colorado and across nation struggle with soaring student demand for counseling

November 25, 2019 at 6:37 p.m.

More college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems, and many must wait weeks for treatment or find help elsewhere as...

FILE – In this April 15, 2019, file photo, instructors from Raphael House lead a classroom discussion about consent and healthy relationships with a class of sophomores at Central Catholic High School in Portland, Ore. Most young Americans believe in the value of higher education, but many also believe that a high school diploma alone is enough for success, and they view job training as better preparation than any type of college degree, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

Many young Americans say high school diploma is enough for success, poll finds

November 11, 2019 at 5:16 p.m.

Although most young Americans believe in the value of higher education, many still consider a high school diploma alone to be enough for success, according to a survey of teens...

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