Education

Teachers rally outside Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey's executive tower in Phoenix on Monday, their third day of walkouts. On Wednesday, the educators opened the possibility of ending the walkouts on Thursday, one week after they began.

Arizona Teachers Vow To Maintain Walkout 'Until A Budget Is Passed'

8:58pm May 02, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Nearly a week after the walkout began, teachers said they would accept a budget giving them a pay bump. But, with the budget still not signed, organizers have vowed to stay out of school another day.

The Right To Browse: A Library Puts Books Into Storage And Readers Cry Foul

5:14pm May 02, 2018

by Claire McInerny

Can you "discover" a great book if you can only find it via a search engine?

Teacher fighting her way to the top of a mountain of school chairs.

Unionized Or Not, Teachers Struggle To Make Ends Meet, NPR/Ipsos Poll Finds

5:14pm May 02, 2018

Six in 10 teachers in our poll say they have worked a second job to pay the bills.

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Greensboro Medical Society Encourages Young Men Of Color To Pursue Medicine

8:14am May 02, 2018

by Bethany Chafin

A Greensboro-based group of doctors is visiting a local elementary school Wednesday to encourage black male students to consider a career in heath care.

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College Decision Day Brings Relief, Excitement And Big Worries About Money

5:20pm May 01, 2018

by Elissa Nadworny

On May 1, high school seniors must submit a commitment — and financial deposit — to their final college choice. But for low-income students, it's not necessarily the end of the road.

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Political Advisor Hired To Lead NC Community College System

4:48pm May 01, 2018

by Lisa Philip, WUNC

Students across the country responded to NPR's callout for couplets.

Students Give Couplets A Try (And You Should Too!)

9:25am May 01, 2018

by Laura Roman

Scores of students submitted their poems about teamwork to an NPR callout. Here are a few of the highlights.

Thirty-five years after the landmark report warned of a "rising tide of mediocrity" in U.S. education, the statistics have been questioned, but the concerns still feel urgent.

Education

Arizona Teachers Vow To Maintain Walkout 'Until A Budget Is Passed'

The Right To Browse: A Library Puts Books Into Storage And Readers Cry Foul

Unionized Or Not, Teachers Struggle To Make Ends Meet, NPR/Ipsos Poll Finds

Greensboro Medical Society Encourages Young Men Of Color To Pursue Medicine

College Decision Day Brings Relief, Excitement And Big Worries About Money

Political Advisor Hired To Lead NC Community College System

Students Give Couplets A Try (And You Should Too!)

Won't You Be My Neighbor?: Kids' TV, Then And Now

The Call-In: Teaching And School Funding

What 'A Nation At Risk' Got Wrong, And Right, About U.S. Schools