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Last weekend Cindy Estrada took her twin twelve-year-old sons Jason and Jesse to Flint, to do what they could to help. What they saw shook them up.…

Despite the objections of Senate Democrats, teachers unions and others, school choice activist and billionaire Republican donor Betsy DeVos passed a committee vote to be secretary of education. The nomination now moves to the full Senate.

Under DeVos, Here's How School Choice Might Work

"Tax credit scholarships" are a twist on vouchers. Florida's program is one of the largest in the country, serving 92,000 students.

The prison yard at the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno, Okla., is seen during a visit by President Obama in July. Obama has advocated for prison reform during his time in office. Thousands of inmates are being released as the result of some changes in federal sentencing guidelines.

What You Should Know About The Federal Inmate Release

Thousands of federal inmates are being released because of a change in the way the U.S. government sentences drug criminals, but few are going straight from prison to freedom.

It's the end of the month, which means it's time for the best of the month, including new music from Kyle Hall, Tessela, Cassy and more.

Alfons R. of Hamburg, Germany (shown in this undated photo), converted to Islam at age 17. Later, he went to Turkey, then Syria, to join ISIS. He was killed this past summer.

From German Teen To ISIS Jihadist: A Father's Struggle To Understand

Manfred Karg's 19-year-old son, a convert to Islam, is one of at least 60 Germans killed fighting alongside ISIS militants. Karg says efforts to stop the flow to Syria and Iraq are taking too long.

Several candidates are vying for the 2016 nomination, but which of them most represents the future?

Who's The Candidate Of The Future?

People always say they want change in elections, but who represents that change? A new poll sheds some light on who does — and who does not.

For Josh Brolin, 'Everest' Was A Test Of Acting Limits

During filming, the crew shoveled salt in front of 100 mph fans to look like a snowstorm. "We were getting the great exfoliation of our lives," Brolin says. "And it was just horrible."

With over 700 pages and 600 recipes, <em>Mexico: The Cookbook</em>, attempts to document exhaustively the country's varied regional cuisines. Recipes in the book include (from left): potato and chorizo tacos; divorced eggs with tomatillo sauce; and tikin-xik fish, a grouper dish from the Yucatan Peninsula.

Mexican Chef Serves Up An Authoritative Guide To Her Country's Cuisine

Unlike other exhaustive guides to Mexico's diverse regional foods, Mexico: The Cookbook was written by a Mexican. Margarita Carrillo's recipes aim for simplicity to lure American readers to explore.

In Dan Santat's <em>The Adventures of Beekle</em>, an imaginary friend sets out to find a child who needs him.

'Adventures Of Beekle' Wins Caldecott; Newbery Goes To 'The Crossover'

The American Library Association awarded its top medals to Dan Santat's tale of an imaginary friend on a mission and Kwame Alexander's story of basketball-playing twins.

Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally Friday in Seattle. Sanders won by a big margin in Washington state and hopes to pick up more big wins in coming weeks.

Despite The Math, Bernie Sanders Has Already Won

Bernie Sanders won sweeping victories Saturday, and more are sure to come over the next couple of months. Can he win the nomination? And is that what really even matters?

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