Seattle students protest superintendent's decision on Climate Strike Seattle Public Schools students are protesting the superintendent’s decision to not excuse their absences if they attend Friday’s Climate Strike. Ann Dornfeld
New Mexico Unveils Plan To Give Students Free College Tuition Regardless Of Income Calling the plan "the moonshot for higher education," Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said the plan could help 55,000 students attend college each year at a cost of up to $35 million. Bobby Allyn
New Mexico Proposes Free Tuition For All State Colleges New Mexico is proposing that all state colleges become tuition-free for students, regardless of family income. How will the state pay for it? Oil revenues. Elissa Nadworny
Seattle School Board to appoint new member to vacant seat The Seattle School Board is scheduled to vote Wednesday on an open seat after a director stepped down early. The position covers southeast Seattle, where most public school students are children of color. Ann Dornfeld
'She did what she had to do.' A school board finalist reckons with a complicated past On Thursday morning last week, a mom asked Emijah Smith for help. Isolde Raftery
MIT To Settle Suit Alleging It Hurt Workers In 401(k) Plan The lawsuit claimed MIT got millions of dollars in donations from financial giant Fidelity Investments while allowing the firm to charge workers excessive fees. Chris Arnold
The Ohio State University Told It Can't Trademark 'The' OSU, short for The Ohio State University, proposed trademarking hats and shirts that drop most of the school's name and just read "the." But the U.S. Patent and Trademark office said "no."
Colleges Could Do More To Help Student Parents Pay For Child Care, Watchdog Says More than 1 in 5 college students are raising kids, and access to child care is one of their biggest barriers. A new report finds many don't know they can apply for help from federal financial aid. Elissa Nadworny
California Could Radically Alter Amateur Rules In College Sports The California State Assembly is on the verge of passing a law that would make it possible for the state's college athletes to be paid for the use of their images to market products. Tom Goldman
University Of Tennessee Is Selling Bullied Boy's T-Shirt Design A Florida grade school had a college colors day. One student got teased for wearing a homemade T-shirt representing the University of Tennessee. UT made the kid's design official.