Students

The state is looking to expand its school marshal program, which allows teachers to carry firearms in case of an active shooter, causing some students to worry about their safety.

It may seem obvious, but other countries' experiences illustrate a more complicated story in improving education outcomes for students.

Universities are increasingly turning to graduate programs to balance their books. Students are shouldering the costs.

There's a clear need to rethink what "impact" means, given the concept's distorting effect on students' priorities and ethics.

A working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research indicates that higher levels of pollution can lead to behavioral and academic problems.

A later start time of the school day is linked to better grades.

A new survey finds that just 8 percent of schools have concrete bathroom policies. That lackadaisical approach can have serious health consequences for students.

Today's homeschool advocates are parents who don't believe that the current school model is best, or enough, for their children.

The unique teaching model, piloted in Minneapolis, focuses on students' strengths and teachers' relationship with the classroom.

Students gathered in Nicaragua's capital to demand President Daniel Ortega and his powerful vice president, wife Rosario Murillo, resign.

Candidates cheer for themselves before sitting the National College Entrance Examination (a.k.a. Gaokao) outside an exam site on June 7th, 2018.

Shifa Amankwah-Gabbey, 12, of Accra, Ghana, participates in the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on May 30th, 2018.

Solidarity creates a formidable challenge for the New York City university's administration.

A federal court sided Tuesday with Gavin Grimm, a transgender student who sued the Gloucester County, Virginia, school board after it banned him from the men's restroom.

Five women filed civil lawsuits against University of Southern California gynecologist Dr. George Tyndall on Monday, alleging that he sexually abused them under the pretext of medical care.

Significant political protests have put President Daniel Ortega on uncertain political ground for the first time in over a decade.

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

Students of Mehmet Akif College hold pictures of their Turkish teachers as they demonstrate against their arrest in Pristina on March 29th, 2018.

A new study shows imagining future success can help with facing everyday challenges for low-income college students.

A new study finds the problematic trait of perfectionism has significantly increased among college students since the late 1980s.

The E-Rate program has proven successful in allowing students access to fast Internet speeds, but its future is uncertain.

Updates to stories from the Pacific Standard archive.

James Rosenbaum answers our questions about his new book.

New research finds students at schools lacking a dominant ethnic group feel safer and less lonely.