No Shushing Here: Conversation Welcome At "The Human Library"
Two universities are using an event to try out a unique concept: the human library. Instead of checking out a book, readers can borrow a person for a candid conversation.
Education
Poll: Most U.S. Teachers Want Gun Control, Not Guns To Carry
A Gallup poll finds teachers support measures like background checks for gun buyers, but little enthusiasm for bearing arms.
An Educational Legacy: The Persistence Of Charlotte Hawkins Brown
At the turn of the 20th Century, a 19-year-old African-American woman from Henderson, N.C., began building a school – the Palmer Memorial Institute – that would educate more than 1,000 bl
Teachers And Those Magical OK Go Videos: A Match Made In Science?
If you're a rock band, and thousands of teachers and students are using your hugely popular music videos in the classroom, Why not help them out?
Education Model Designed To Help Struggling Schools Takes Root Across The State
A new education experiment is taking place across North Carolina. It's called Restart - and the aim is to improve student performance in some of the state's low-performing schools.
Democrats Grill DeVos On Guns, Schools And Money
The education secretary was on Capitol Hill to talk about the proposed budget for her department. She got an earful from Democrats.
Classroom Skeleton: Whose Bones Are These?
Remember that skeleton hanging in the front of your classroom? In some schools, those were actual human remains. We used science to figure out the story behind one of them.
Forget Wealth And Neighborhood. The Racial Income Gap Persists
A new study finds that the gap is actually largest in America's wealthiest neighborhoods, challenging widely-held beliefs about the relative impacts of class and race on life outcomes.
Report: North Carolina Public Schools Becoming More Segregated
A new report from a left-leaning think tank is raising concerns about segregation in North Carolina's classrooms, placing some of the blame on charter schools.
The Reality Of School Shooting Drills
Florida schools have ramped up "code red drills" in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting. One teacher plans to post footage of the drills online to build support for more restrictive gun laws.