Why children with disabilities are missing school and losing skills
A special education staffing crisis is raging through many U.S. school districts. It's taking a toll on students and families.
Education
Students with disabilities are missing school because of staff shortages
There's a special education staffing crisis in a northern California school district. It means some of the district's most vulnerable students have missed weeks and even months of school.
Bringing the wild things back to campus
The College of New Jersey is making room for native plants, and students are digging it.
Guilford County Schools to host transportation registration events this week
Guilford County Schools is hosting several in-person events at high schools this week to register students for transportation. Changes in bus routes and transportation service zones go into effect next school year.
Marie Fowler, 83, becomes Howard University's oldest doctoral graduate
Fowler earned her doctoral degree in ministry over the weekend. She already has her bachelors and two masters but wasn't sure at her age she could manage the work. She stayed the course.
He invented a successful medical device as a student. Here's his advice for new grads
When Thorsten Siess was in graduate school, he came up with the idea for a heart device that's now been used in hundreds of thousands of patients around the world.
Deadline Extended: NPR Student Podcast Challenge entries are now due May 31
Entries for our sixth annual contest for middle and high school students (and our first-ever fourth grade competition) are now due Friday, May 31 at midnight E.T.
NC commencement protests over Israel-Hamas war include small walkout during Jerry Seinfeld appearance at Duke University
Some campus demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war extended into weekend graduation celebrations, although they were muted in comparison to recent rallies. Dozens of the 7,000 graduates at Duke University in North Carolina left their seats to protest pro-Israel speaker and comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
Crossnore receives $5M pledge for expansion campaign
Crossnore Communities for Children has received a $5 million gift, the largest in the organization’s 110-year history.
Student protests caused mostly minor disruptions at several graduation ceremonies
From California to North Carolina, students staged chants and walkouts over the weekend in protest of Israel's ongoing military offensive in Gaza.