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The public health measures taken in response to this month’s meningitis outbreak in Kent so far appear to be working. Two young people have tragically died…

Lawmakers seek to change curricula at the University of Iowa and other state institutions. Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images The Republican-controlled Iowa House passed…

A university regulator in England has failed to investigate potential breaches of laws protecting academic freedom at a dozen theological colleges and is now facing legal…

Nearly three-quarters of England’s woods are off-limits to the public, buried government documents show.The study by Forest Research, which is a government-funded quango, found that 73%…

March 9, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmRFK, Jr.’s overhauled autism advisory board cancels first public meetingThe cancellation of a meeting of the committee…

The $11.5 billion shortfall in Pell Grant funding isn’t a math problem, it’s a “public policy success story,” according to Kristin Hultquist, founder and CEO of…

Many workers at some of the largest US corporations have no choice but to rely on healthcare and food assistance because of low wages, even as…

This story was produced by the Hechinger Report, a non-profit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.One glossy insert stuck out from the…

Saint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton is going on full public display from Sunday for the first time, in a move that is expected to draw hundreds…

Every year more than 12 million people visit the White River National Forest in central Colorado to ski, hike, bike, fish, camp and otherwise enjoy this…