Guilford County elementary school students learn dance from professional artists
Dance Project, a Greensboro-based nonprofit, took up residency at Peck Elementary School in January.
Education
What we do (and don't) know about teacher shortages, and what can be done about them
Limited national data suggest teachers are plentiful, but many districts that serve some of the most vulnerable students would beg to differ.
Garbology is the study of trash. This is why students love it
A professor lends worms to students, takes them to sewage processing plants and encourages them to answer their own questions about garbage. Sometimes, they even make a career out of it.
For a 2nd day, a union strike will keep some LA students out of classrooms
Hundreds of thousands of students are out of school in Los Angeles. The union representing school support staff began a three-day strike on Tuesday.
Hundreds of thousands of students stayed home as a labor strike starts in LA
The union representing bus drivers and other support staff for the Los Angeles Unified School District begin a three-day strike. The teachers union plans to walk out in support.
The Los Angeles schools superintendent discusses the labor strike
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, after union workers began a three-day strike.
Demonstrations, protests mark first day of LA school strike
Support staff in the nation's second-largest school district walked out over stalled contract negotiations. Teachers joined them in support.
Can moderates survive state politics? In Montana, they may be going extinct
Across the country, parties are consolidating political power in states and squeezing out the moderate middle. In Montana, that squeeze is changing political representation and whose voice counts.
Morning news brief
GOP lawmakers largely back ex-President Trump ahead of his possible arrest. Staff of the Los Angeles Unified School District plan a walkout. Silicon Valley Bank casts a shadow over the Fed meeting.
Yes, you can take a college course on raising lambs
At the University of Maryland, students learn the business and science of raising lambs through the popular Sheep Management class.