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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is taking on higher education

6:26pm January 08, 2024

by David Gura

The presidents of Harvard and Penn resigned under pressure. Leading the attacks is billionaire investor Bill Ackman, who is waging a broader campaign against higher education and the media.

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Forsyth Tech kicks off series of community events honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

3:18pm January 08, 2024

by Amy Diaz

Forsyth Technical Community College kicked off an event series on Monday commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It’s a collaboration between local universities, nonprofit organization Triad Cultural Arts, and other community members.

A student at Professor Lourdes Heredia Mello Municipal School in São Paulo enjoys an apple for dessert after lunch. Brazil's school lunch program, enshrined in its constitution, is a pillar of the country's anti-poverty efforts.

The pandemic sent hunger soaring in Brazil. They're fighting back with school lunches

2:41pm January 08, 2024

by Jill Langlois

Free school lunches, a pillar of Brazil's anti-poverty efforts, are now one of its main weapons against surging post-pandemic hunger. And that's not the only benefit.

How schools (but not necessarily education) became central to the Republican primary

8:47am January 06, 2024

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Education isn't a top voting issue. So, what's behind Republican politicians' focus on K-12? (This story first aired on All Things Considered on December 27, 2023.)

Renowned author and former state poet laureate Fred Chappell dies at 87

5:27pm January 05, 2024

by Paul Garber

Chappell grew up in the mill town of Canton in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. In a documentary about his life, “Fred Chappell: I Am One of You Forever,” he said he carried the mountains with him whenever he went. He spent most of his career in Greensboro, writing and teaching in the graduate-level creative writing program he helped build.

There are still hurdles to filling out the FAFSA.

FAFSA delays are straining families and colleges

3:06pm January 05, 2024

This year's federal aid form is new and improved. But it came three months later than normal, and in its first week, online access has been unpredictable.

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Morning news brief

2:24pm January 03, 2024

A Hamas leader is killed in an explosion in Beirut. Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigns. Jury selection has begun in a civil trial in New York that could transform the NRA.