Global March 2018

Police Chief: 4th Bombing Shows 'Different Level Of Skill' [Beyond Education]

Texas' capital city was rocked by the fourth bombing this month, which injured two people and which the police chief says was caused by a tripwire and showed "a different level of skill" than the package bombs used in the three prior attacks.

Financing March 2018

UW Looks For $15M To Fill Science Building Funding Gap [Education News]

University of Wyoming officials will have to find an additional $15 million to build a new facility they hope will make the school a top research institution after lawmakers approved just $85 million for the project. UW president Laurie Nichols said school officials were pleased with the funding that resulted from a compromise by state lawmakers.

Financing March 2018

Louisiana Allocates $1.5M Early Childhood Education Grant [On A Positive Note]

Louisiana's education department has divvied up a $1.5 million federal grant aimed at improving early childhood education to eight parishes. The department says the grant will help pay for teachers at low-performing early childhood education centers with training aimed at helping improve classroom instruction and kindergarten readiness.

Legal March 2018

Supreme Court Won't Upend Arizona Licenses For Immigrants [Beyond Education]

The Supreme Court is rejecting Arizona's plea to stop issuing driver's licenses to young immigrants known as "Dreamers" who are protected from deportation. The justices did not comment Monday in leaving in place an appeals' court decision in favor of the immigrants who sought licenses.

Technology March 2018 Premium

COSMOS Summer, Science And Life-Changing Possibilities by <b> Sylvia Mendoza </b>

Landing her dream job as a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Los Angeles, Gabriela Bernaldino came full circle. In ten years, she’d come home from UC San Diego with degrees in hand, a career she is passionate about and gratitude for a speaker who came into her high school chemistry honors class, changing the course of her life.

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Sylvia Mendoza

Hispanic Community March 2018 Premium

Avoiding Academic Decay Through Well-Planned Summers by <b> Miquela Rivera </b>

The best summer vacations start in the winter – if you want a meaningful three-month break for Latino students once the school year ends.  Too many idle hours of summer vacation can result in academic decay – a loss of knowledge by students due to nonuse.  It’s intellectual atrophy – knowledge once acquired not actively used since becomes less meaningful or accessible. Too much unstructured time can also result in behavior problems like loss of motivation and self-control.  And for teens needing a summer job, winter is the time to start looking.

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Miquela Rivera

Technology March 2018 Premium

Cancer ‘vaccine’ Eliminates Tumors

Activating T cells in tumors eliminated even distant metastases in mice, Stanford researchers found.

Global March 2018

Storms Strike College, Leave Trail Of Damage Across South [Education News]

Daybreak Tuesday revealed widespread damage after a night of violent weather in the Deep South, with a college campus shattered by an apparent tornado and thousands of buildings and vehicles battered by hail as large as baseballs. The area around Jacksonville State University was among the hardest hit .

Global March 2018

Investigators Suspect FedEx Bomb Is Tied To Austin Bombings [Beyond Education]

A package bomb that authorities believe is linked to the recent string of Austin bombings exploded early Tuesday inside of a FedEx distribution center near San Antonio, leaving one worker with minor injuries. Hours later, police sent a hazardous materials team to a FedEx facility in Austin to check on a suspicious package there.

Technology March 2018

Self-Driving Uber Vehicle Strikes And Kills Pedestrian In Arizona [Beyond Education]

A self-driving Uber SUV struck and killed a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix in the first death involving a fully autonomous test vehicle — a crash that could have far-reaching consequences for the new technology. The fatality Sunday night in Tempe was the event many in the auto and technology industries were dreading but knew was inevitable.

Hispanic Community March 2018

Needs Go Unmet 6 Months After Maria Hit Puerto Rico [Beyond Education]

Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria exactly six months ago, and the U.S. territory is still struggling to recover from the strongest storm to hit the island in nearly a century. Crews already have restored water to 99 percent of clients and power to 93 percent of customers, but more than 100,000 of them still remain in the dark and there are frequent power outages.

Global March 2018

Sheriff Official: 3 Injured In Maryland High School Shooting [Education News]

A shooting at a Maryland high school Tuesday wounded three people, including the shooter, a sheriff's spokeswoman said. Authorities said the situation was "contained" as deputies and federal agents converged on the crime scene. St. Mary's County Sheriff spokeswoman Cpl. Julie Yingling said three people hurt, including the shooter. All three were taken to hospitals and none were killed.

Global March 2018

The Latest: Mayor Says Austin Bombing Suspect Lived Nearby

The mayor of the suspected Austin bomber's hometown says the suspect lived only two blocks away from him in a part of the city known as Old Town. Pflugerville Mayor Victor Gonzales told The Associated Press on Wednesday that police had surveillance on the home overnight Tuesday, though he said he didn't personally know the family.

Global May 2018

Officer's Response Praised As School Shooting Ends Quickly

In the latest school shooting in America, the gunfire was over and done with in less than a minute. This time, the shooter, a 17-year-old student, was killed. Authorities said a 16-year-old girl who had some type of relationship with the shooter was critically injured, and a 14-year-old boy also was wounded.

Technology March 2018

Academic Says He's Being Scapegoated In Facebook Data Case [Education And Beyond]

An academic who developed an app used by Cambridge Analytica to harvest data from millions of Facebook users said Wednesday he had no idea his material would be used in Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Alexandr Kogan, a psychology professor at Cambridge University, said that Facebook and Cambridge Analytica have tried to place the blame on him for violating the social media platform's terms of service.