Most states are holding tight to policies that protect incompetent teachers and poor training programs, shortchanging educators and their students before new teachers even step into the classroom, according to a new national report card. The study from the National Council on Teacher Quality — which will be released Friday — paints ...

Two people were killed and six hurt Friday in the second mass shooting in the United States in as many days, with police still hunting the gunman in Orlando, Florida, emergency officials said. Panicked workers reportedly barricaded themselves into their offices at the Gateway Center in central Orlando as SWAT teams combed through the 16-story building trying to track down ...

Two people were killed and six were hurt on Friday in the second mass shooting in the United States in as many days, with police still hunting the gunman in Orlando, Florida. Panicked people rushed from the office building as SWAT teams entered to try and track down the shooter, whose spree began less than 24 hours after a shooting ...

Exhibitions 2 For the people Folk Archive: Contemporary Popular Art from the UK The Curve, Barbican Centre, until 24 July and touring What is folk art? It is usually defined as being made by 'the people' as opposed to by academically trained artists. Its 19th-century admirers liked to emphasise that it was made for love, not money, and was therefore ...