Education

How The Rich Have Manipulated The College Admissions Process For Their Kids

5:12pm March 12, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with ProPublica editor Daniel Golden, who is author of the book Price of Admission, about ways the rich have manipulated the college admissions process for their kids.

President Trump Participates In American Workforce Policy Advisory Board Meeting At The White House

Taking Care: The Cost Of Child Care In 2019

3:58pm March 12, 2019

More than 60 percent of parents said it was difficult to find affordable, high-quality child care in their community in a 2015 survey.

For some older college students, studying later in life has its advantages: They have skills and tools that could only have come with age and maturity. (Clockwise from top left: Santa Benavidez Ramirez, Liz Bracken, Taryn Jim, Matt Seo, Sakeenah Shakir, J

'I Need A Degree In Order To Move Forward': Why Some Adults Choose College

1:26pm March 12, 2019

About 7.6 million adults 25 and over attended college in 2018. Among them are a mother of four, a Navy vet and a grandmother finishing what she started more than four decades ago.

Wake Forest University Coach Named In Admissions Bribery Case

11:15am March 12, 2019

by Paul Garber

Federal authorities have indicted Wake Forest's volleyball coach as part of a wide-sweeping investigation into a college admissions scam.

North Carolina Bill Would Add Protection For UNC Students Accused of Sexual Assault

10:59am March 11, 2019

by Neal Charnoff

House Bill 305 would provide due process guarantees that don't currently exist for UNC system students accused of sexual misconduct.

School Funding Up In Teacher Protest States; Parkland Superintendent Keeps Job

7:00am March 09, 2019

Also in this week's education roundup: a new head for Federal Student Aid, and a California law aims to make charter schools more transparent.

North Carolina Lawmakers Propose Banning Corporal Punishment In Schools

10:26am March 08, 2019

by Neal Charnoff

House Bill 295 would change state law to prohibit public schools from using corporal punishment.

Education

Some NC School Districts Could See Waiver For Class Size Mandate

7:01am March 06, 2019

by Keri Brown

A proposed bill could ease class size rules for kindergarten through third grade in some North Carolina School districts.

Colleges rarely come to rural students to recruit.

One Reason Rural Students Don't Go To College: Colleges Don't Go To Them

6:00am March 06, 2019

by Aaron Gettinger

"People tend to overlook the rural areas," says David Hochstetler, a high school senior in rural Michigan. "I think it's kind of disappointing because some able students could get looked over."

First Lady Melania Trump Welcomes Students To White House For National Bullying Prevention Month

A Crash Course On DeVos' Department Of Education

4:02pm March 05, 2019

What has Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos been up to since joining the department?