Guilford County Schools offers optional bussing to the polls for 18-year-old students
Dozens of students filed out of a school bus, and into the Bur-Mil Park early voting site Tuesday morning.
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The driver of the big rig one lane over might soon be one of these teenagers
The trucking industry projects it will need to hire over a million drivers over the next decade. One idea that's gained some traction: Bring in younger drivers, starting in high school.
You asked us about Biden's student debt relief plan. We found the answers
Where do I apply? Who qualifies? Can borrowers get a refund? NPR took the most frequently asked questions readers had about Biden's student loan relief plan and answered them.
A high school newspaper in Nebraska was shut down after it published LGBTQ stories
In Grand Island, Neb., the school district eliminated a high school journalism program after students published an issue of the school paper with op-eds about LGBTQ rights. Now the ACLU is involved.
Former WS/FCS educator and Board of Education Candidate Stan Elrod has died
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board Candidate Stan Elrod died unexpectedly Tuesday night according to posts on social media.
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program just got more flexible
The U.S. Education Department announced plans Tuesday to permanently change the long-troubled program to grant more borrowers forgiveness. The department had already made several temporary changes.
Writer, truck driver, meat cutter and prophet of compassion Mike Davis dies at 76
Davis was a public intellectual best known for his book City of Quartz and other searing critiques of capitalism, corruption and environmental degradation.
How to bust the 'big lie' around college applications
Many high school seniors are in the thick of college application season. It's a stressful time that writer Kelly Corrigan calls a "dumpster fire." To change that she argues parents have to help less.
Penn State cancels Proud Boys founder's speech, citing the threat of violence
It was an abrupt reversal for the school, which had condemned the views of Gavin McInnes even as it said free speech required it to host the event. Protesters confronted each other and police.
Their book is banned from dozens of districts, but has helped countless young readers
Writer and LGBTQ activist George M. Johnson spoke with Morning Edition about what's lost when books like their 2020 memoir All Boys Aren't Blue are banned from school libraries.