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Colleges of education spend more than $6 billion every year preparing classroom teachers, but few students graduate ready to teach, according to a new study.

Study Delivers Failing Grades For Many Programs Training Teachers

The NCTQ study is the second in two years that argues that schools of education are in disarray.

These recipes from our resident chef Kathy Gunst take advantage of the bounty of spring, but aren't overly sweet.

Marshmallow eggs made with homemade flavored sugar are a colorful treat at Thomas Keller's Bouchon Bakery in Beverly Hills, Calif. To make them, pipe homemade marshmallow into hollow plastic eggs (see <a href="#eggs">recipe</a>, below).

Homemade Peeps, And More Easter Treats, A La Thomas Keller

The renowned chef may be famous for his Michelin-star-winning restaurants, but he also runs a string of gourmet bakeries. He shares some favorite confections for Easter, with recipes for hot cross buns, marshmallow eggs and carrot muffins.

Girl Scout cookies have risen in price as inflation takes its bite. But it's not all bad news: Customers still seem to be willing to pay up.

Inflation has a new victim: Girl Scout cookies

Many Girl Scout councils are raising the price of their popular cookies from $5 to $6 a box. The increase offers Girl Scouts and their customers a bittersweet lesson in inflation.

Devastating earthquake in Afghanistan leaves locals displaced, aid workers scrambling

NPR's Juana Summers talks with the International Rescue Committee's country director of Afghanistan, Sherine Ibrahim, about the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the eastern mountainous region.

Notre Dame To Implement New Clear Bag Policy

The University of Notre Dame has implemented a new clear bag policy for all ticketed events. Starting with the home opener against Michigan on Saturday…

3 people with a serious mental illness share their journeys through the pandemic

More than one in 20 Americans struggled with serious mental illness even before the pandemic hit, and the shutdown of services and support networks took a toll. But many found ways to get through it.

'The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins' falls before it rises — but then it soars

The unlikely pairing of Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe isn't quite what makes the show work — it's the exquisite, perfectly-timed jokes that just keep coming.

ACP at Cancun Restaurant in Crossville, Tenn. This cheese-covered Southern interpretation of <em>arroz con pollo</em> is not the saffron-colored rice and golden chicken that many Latinos who grew up eating the dish would recognize. But ACP nonetheless helped build Mexican restaurant empires across the South.

What Did The South Do To 'Arroz Con Pollo'? It's A Cheese-Covered Mystery

Arroz con pollo, or rice with chicken, is a dish beloved in much of Latin America. But in the South, it's morphed into ACP, a cheese-smothered phenomenon that built Mexican-restaurant empires.

The Rise Of The Internet-Based Economy Shows What's Changed In Iran

We explore Iran's burgeoning tech scene and what it means for President Hassan Rouhani's prospects for winning a second term.

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