textbooks
I returned an overdue library book — 56 years later
“When I moved out of my parents’ house, I thought I wouldn’t be able to afford the fine, so it stayed in a drawer," Lesley Harrison admitted.
Fanatics, Lids raise stakes in Barnes & Noble college bookstores
Sports merchandise giants Fanatics and Lids are beefing up their investment in the Barnes & Noble Education college bookstore chain as students head back to school following more than a...
Homosexuality can be called a mental disorder, rules Chinese court
The plaintiff called the ruling "random and baseless."
NYU sophomore pushes back after school slams low-income classmates
NYU sophomore Ron Hall was half-way through the course outline for his American Sign Language class when he came across a sentence that left a bad taste in his mouth: “If...
French publisher apologizes after history textbook links CIA to 9/11
A French publisher has apologized after history books were printed that suggested the CIA orchestrated the 9/11 terror attacks, officials said. The textbooks, which were written by Jeane-Pierre Rocher, were...
Students howl as textbook company merger nears DOJ OK
The Department of Justice is on track to OK a merger of textbook sellers McGraw-Hill and Cengage despite vocal opposition by student groups who say the deal will only add...
University health textbook ditches cancer, Holocaust claims
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has revised a textbook for a required fitness course that called cancer "a disease of choice" and included a theory...
For Sesame Street, C now stands for classroom
SEATTLE — Sesame Street is taking its beloved, critically acclaimed brand of educational television into the highly profitable world of classroom curriculum — a move that experts say could open...
School won't let students take 'serial killer' class textbooks home
A Brooklyn high school is offering a course on mass murderers and serial killers — but won’t let students take the required reading home. Midwood HS offers its 12th-graders a...
Teacher keeps job after asking kids to list 'positives' of slavery
A middle school teacher in Texas who asked students to detail the “positive” aspects of slavery will return to the classroom, school officials said. An unidentified teacher at Great Hearts...
Now even textbooks are getting politicized and other comments
Political scribe: Dems Should Hope They Don’t Win Big Democrats remain giddy at the prospect of regaining control of one or both houses of Congress in November. But Real Clear...
Education company under fire for 'racist' nursing textbook
Pearson, the world's biggest education company, has come under fire this week for a page in one of its nursing textbooks -- which features racist stereotypes about minorities. “Hispanics may...
Stanford swimmer is textbook example of 'rapist'
The Stanford University swimmer who got a wrist-slap jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman is now a textbook example of a “rapist.” Brock Turner’s bleary-eyed mug shot and...
NYPD recruits are ditching textbooks and going paperless
The NYPD is lightening the load for its newest class of recruits -- replacing heavy departmental books and thick pamphlets with laptops. Microsoft computers were given to all 438 recruits...
UN schools in Gaza caught using anti-Israel textbooks
Students attending United Nations-run schools in the West Bank and Gaza use textbooks that ignore the existence of Israel, according to a new report sure to fuel renewed claims about...
Dear John: Fed’s negative interest idea has zero upside
Dear John: Let me understand this: The Federal Reserve cannot improve the economy or the markets and wants to charge the banks negative interest on bonds. I read a quote...
Dear John: Why extended care premiums are soaring
Dear John: In 2011, I took out long-term care insurance with Genworth Financial. My yearly premiums were $4,466. This month I received notice from Genworth that it was raising my...
Dear John: Pricey college ‘bundles’ plaguing parents
Dear John: Thanks for writing about the college textbook scam. So far, I have put my eldest son and daughter through college (engineering degree and nursing degree). My second daughter...
Mom calls out textbook describing slaves as 'workers'
DALLAS — The publisher of a textbook criticized for a glaring error that glossed over the topic of slavery has offered stickers to schools that will cover up a caption describing African...