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A teacher at American University in Kabul talks about his hopes for Afghanistan

7:29am February 15, 2022

Six months after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Obaidullah Baheer, a lecturer at the American University in Kabul, about the path forward under the Taliban rule.

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The helpful tool, the College Scorecard, has been updated

5:08am February 15, 2022

by Cory Turner

The U.S. Department of Education has revised its College Scorecard — a trove of college-based performance data meant to help prospective students choose the best school for them.

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The art of asking questions to bridge our differences

3:39pm February 14, 2022

by David Ford

The pandemic, economic uncertainty, and political animus have in some ways highlighted our differences.

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3 members of the San Francisco School Board are facing a recall

5:34am February 14, 2022

by Scott Shafer

The three members are accused of prioritizing politics over quality of education. The recall is a test of how far to the left voters will go.

Boston College student Ella Snyder says peer counselors helped her process her COVID anxiety as a first-year student in fall 2020.

Demand for college peer counselors is booming. But training only goes so far

7:00am February 12, 2022

by Kirk Carapezza

In a new survey, nearly half of college students said the pandemic has made them more likely to seek out peer counseling. But peer counselors aren't always prepared to deal with crisis situations.

Autherine Lucy Foster (center), the first black student to attend the University of Alabama, waves as the university awarded her an honorary doctorate during a commencement ceremony, on May 3, 2019, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

University of Alabama will remove Klan leader's name from a campus building after all

2:25pm February 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

The university's trustees voted to strip the name of a one-time governor who led the Ku Klux Klan from a campus building and rename it solely for the school's first Black student.

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N.C. A&T seeks state approval for 'laboratory school'

4:46pm February 10, 2022

by Keri Brown

Researchers are joining the play movement after decades of studying state-run pre-K.

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A top researcher says it's time to rethink our entire approach to preschool

2:00pm February 10, 2022

by Anya Kamenetz

A long-term study of a statewide preschool program tracked students through the sixth grade and found those who attended prekindergarten falling behind.

Biden administration cautions that rolling back mask restrictions are premature

7:55am February 10, 2022

More states run by Democratic governors have announced plans to ease masking policies, including in schools. But the federal government is still urging caution.

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Huntington High School senior Max Nibert holds signs he planned to use during a walkout students were to stage at Huntington High School in Huntington, W. Va., on Wednesday. The protest followed an evangelistic Christian revival assembly last week that so

Students walk out at West Virginia school after Christian revival

9:09pm February 09, 2022

by The Associated Press

A religious service held in a public school ignites a debate about the separation of church and state.