WBHM Needs Your Input on Education Issues

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WBHM’s new Education Desk needs your help. We’re conducting a survey to determine what education issues are the most important in Alabama and what you think about those issues.

Please take a moment to complete the survey.

If you’d like to suggest education story ideas, email reporter Dan Carsen at dan@wbhm.org or tweet him at @WBHMEdDesk.

 

Could calligraphy help with anxiety? This study aims to find out

People have a lot of strategies for dealing with anxiety – medication, therapy or exercise, for instance. But a new study explored a different method – calligraphy. 

Harvard learned it has an authentic Magna Carta. In 1946, it paid less than $28 for it

A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabeled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it for just $27.50 in 1946. It turned out to be an authentic copy dating to 1300.

A promising genetic treatment tailor-made for a baby born with a rare disorder

For the first time, doctors have created a customized treatment using the revolutionary gene-editing technique known as CRISPR to treat a baby with a rare, life-threatening genetic disorder.

Supreme Court justices appear divided in birthright citizenship arguments

The arguments focused on whether federal district court judges can rule against the administration on a nationwide basis.

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy arrives in Turkey for talks with Russia, without Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Turkey for direct talks with Russia. But the Kremlin sent a lower-level delegation that doesn't include President Vladimir Putin.

Author revives forgotten stories through historical fiction novel based in Birmingham

Barry Cole is using historical fiction to revive the lost history of enslaved people found buried in a mass grave at the park. That book, called 100 Pearls, is out Thursday.

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