Announcing the fifth annual NPR Student Podcast Challenge
The national podcasting contest for middle and high school students will return in January and run through April 2023.
Education
Suicidal thoughts on the rise among NC students, survey shows
The 2021 North Carolina Youth Risk Behavior Survey data shows an increase in suicidal thoughts and behaviors among students.
America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that to Gen Z
Baby boomers are aging out of jobs they long dominated like builders, farmers, mechanics Young workers aren't clamoring to take their place.
Banned Books: Maia Kobabe explores gender identity in 'Gender Queer'
Maia Kobabe set out to express an experience with gender identity. The graphic memoir Gender Queer is now the most banned book in the United States, according to the American Library Association.
Rick Singer, head of the college admissions bribery scandal, gets 42 months in prison
Prosecutors had sought six years for his role in the scheme to get the children of wealthy parents into universities. He was also ordered to pay more than $19 million in restitution and forfeitures.
Molly Broad, UNC's first female system president, dies at 81
Molly Corbett Broad, the first female president of the University of North Carolina system and who later became a top advocate for U.S. higher education, has died at age 81.
Author Maia Kobabe: Struggling kids told me my book helped them talk to parents
In 2020, Gender Queer was given a Stonewall Honor and an Alex Award and was headed for a fourth printing. By spring of 2022 it topped the ALA's list of most challenged books.
Mastermind of the Varsity Blues college admission scandal is about to learn his fate
Rick Singer pleaded guilty in 2019 to selling what he called "a side door" into top universities. The scheme snared dozens of wealthy clients, from actors to business titans and big-shot lawyers.
Once a boarding school, a college now aims to reclaim education for Native people
A college in Colorado that was once a boarding school offers perspectives on opportunities and obstacles for Native American scholars now.