Anonymous donor's financial gift gathers dust for a year Physics professor Vinod Menon was recently sorting through a pile of mail at The City College of New York when he found a box with $180,000 inside. The money had been sent by a grateful graduate.
Extra learning time is helping these students catch up from COVID interruptions After school "learning hubs" are helping some high school students in North Carolina catch up on academic time lost due to COVID — and stay on track for graduation. Anya Kamenetz
Tennessee professor hid a cash prize on campus. The clue was in the syllabus Kenyon Wilson at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wanted to see if his syllabus was being read. He hid a $50 bill on campus and put how to find it in the syllabus. The money went unclaimed.
Former Garfield High student accuses school officials of quashing reports of sexual misconduct, hazing A former Garfield High School student alleges staff pressured him to keep quiet about sexual harassment and hazing on the school's swim team. He’s taken legal action against Seattle Public Schools. Ann Dornfeld
12-year-old girl becomes the youngest graduate of Broward College Sawsan Ahmed earned an associate's degree with a concentration in biological science. She will go on to the University of Florida, where she will study microbiology and cell science.
Kentucky school bus drivers are delivering tornado aid since classes are canceled Friday's tornado decimated several neighborhoods in Bowling Green, Ky. Schools remain closed, so bus drivers are using the opportunity to check in on students and deliver meals to their families. Lisa Autry
Why school enrollment continues to drop In fall 2020, NPR reported that enrollment numbers in public schools were dropping. A year later, has that changed? In many places, the answer is an emphatic "No." Cory Turner
Where are the students? For a second straight year, school enrollment is dropping The declines many school districts reported last year have continued, an NPR investigation finds. What educators don't know is where those students have gone. Cory Turner
Teachers in South Dakota scrambled to pick up $1 bills in a hockey game sideshow The event, which offered a total of $5,000 to 10 teachers, had fans cheering. But it also sparked criticism for turning teachers' need to pay for classroom supplies into a public spectacle. Bill Chappell
A Canadian teacher was fired under a controversial Quebec law for wearing a hijab A teacher who wears a hijab was removed from the classroom under Quebec's Bill 21, which prohibits teachers wearing religious symbols in class. Emma Jacobs