Education

One middle school's credo for boosting student wellness? 'Let go and move on'

9:59am March 01, 2024

by Judith Kogan

Middle school can be tough. To help students cope, a Massachusetts school is trying to put its credo into daily action: "Let go and move on." (Story originally aired on ATC on Dec. 5, 2023.)

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The West Virginia Senate approved a bill that would make a video on fetal development required viewing for eighth and tenth graders. The video is produced by an anti-abortion group.

West Virginia Senate passes bill requiring schools show a fetal development video

5:00am March 01, 2024

The video is produced by an anti-abortion rights group and has come under fire over questions of scientific accuracy.

This online learning program is teaching preschoolers in crisis situations

5:07pm February 29, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Anya Kamenetz about an Arabic-language remote learning program called "Ahlan Simsim." It's a show by the Sesame Workshop, created for Syrian refugees.

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How teaching Black history in schools became a national controversy

5:07pm February 29, 2024

by Chad Davis

Across the country, there are ongoing controversies over how and if Black history should be taught in classrooms. Protests have ensued after a Missouri based school board dropped elective Black history and literature courses at its high schools.

What's at stake for education in the NC superintendent of public instruction race?

4:00pm February 29, 2024

by Amy Diaz

The position of North Carolina superintendent of public instruction is up for election this year. The role influences funding, policies and laws pertaining to public education.

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Teacher Leslie Jones, center, poses with students from Alexandria City High School's drama department students in northern Virginia.

Virginia high school students take center stage for Black History Month celebration

5:11am February 29, 2024

by Shelby Hawkins

High school students in Alexandria, Va., honor Black history with art, dance and theater.

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Two principals speak to the school board about the Restart Model

Education

Low-performing schools in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County show improvement with NC's 'Restart' model

1:39pm February 28, 2024

by Amy Diaz

Three Winston-Salem/Forsyth County schools have come off the low-performing list after adopting a state model of reform called “Restart.” Three more schools in the district are now applying to do the same.

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Kenneth Mayfield was in the Black Student Union at the University of Mississippi in 1970. Members of the group were jailed after protesting token integration on the Ole Miss campus. Mayfield, now an attorney in Tupelo, Miss., was also one of eight students expelled.

A half-century later, students at the University of Mississippi reckon with the past

10:57am February 28, 2024

by Debbie Elliott

University of Mississippi students meet members of the school's Black Student Union from 1970. They were jailed and expelled from Ole Miss for protesting token integration.

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The $1 billion donation from Ruth Gottesman to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine is one of the largest-ever charitable gifts to an educational institution in the United States.

Tuition will be free at a New York City medical school thanks to a $1 billion gift

11:29am February 27, 2024

by Ayana Archie

Ruth Gottesman is a professor emerita of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Gottesman's late husband, David, left the money to her upon his death.

Education

Thanks to a $1 billion gift, tuition will be free at a New York City medical school

6:58am February 27, 2024

Students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine won't have to pay tuition after the school received a $1 billion gift. Ruth Gottesman made the donation using money left to her by her late husband.

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