WWII veteran, 100, to marry fiancee, 96, near Normandy beach
Lois K. Solomon He may be 100, but Harold Terens still smooches like a teenager. It’s one of the many reasons his fiancee, Jeanne Swerlin, 96, is marrying him...
Pregnant? Researchers want you to know something about fluoride
Karen Kaplan LOS ANGELES — Adding fluoride to drinking water is widely considered a triumph of public health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s...
Will the automatic refund policy for air travel cause more harm than good?
Sheldon H. Jacobson Just in time for summer travel, the United States Department of Transportation has announced sweeping changes that, on the surface, appear t...
At this middle school, students teach each other. Is this new model the future of education?
Luis Melecio-Zambrano GILROY, Calif. — In Gilroy Prep’s eighth-grade math class, there are no quiet rows of orderly desks facing an instructor. Instead, the...
Will federal negotiations with a Texas school district turn the tide for DEI?
Stephanie Drenka Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Education notified the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund that it had contacted a school distr...
Put women in the rooms where it happens
Brooke D. Anderson Before I became the president of Pivotal Ventures, I spent most of my career in national security. In my roles at the United Nations, the Whi...
‘I can be mom and teacher:’ Schools tackle child care needs to keep staff in classrooms
Valeria Olivares When Christina Zimmerman returned to teaching last year after maternity leave, she grappled with postpartum depression that she says could have...
There should be less barriers for formerly incarcerated people
Lauren Johnson I’ve been to prison three times, but everyone — including me — thought that my second time would be my last. I had just learned I was pregn...
Blowing past the warning signs: The teacher morale crash is here
Paul DiPerna and Colyn Ritter If you follow education policy at all, you’ve probably heard about the looming “fiscal cliff.” As pandemic-era federal suppo...
Are US companies living up to their commitments to democracy?
Rachel Funk Fordham and Jacob M. Brumbach “As a company, we have a responsibility to engage. For this reason, we are working together with other businesses th...