Education

Stoneman Douglas Students Are Adjusting As Best They Can, Runcie Says

11:45am March 02, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to Robert Runcie, superintendent of Broward County Public Schools, about Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students who wrap up their first few days back to class.

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Puerto Rican Government Considering Changes For Public Schools After Hurricane Maria

5:21pm March 01, 2018

by Adrian Florido

The Puerto Rican government wants to make big changes to the island's public school systems, including allowing charter schools. But critics say officials want to privatize the system, using the chaos after Hurricane Maria as an excuse.

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Colleges Say Suspensions For Gun Control Protests Won't Hurt Applicants

5:21pm March 01, 2018

by Tovia Smith

Many high schools say they will suspend student activists who walk out of classes to take part in gun control protests in the wake of the Florida school shooting. But dozens of colleges are taking the opposite stand, praising student activists and promising those suspensions will not hurt college applicants.

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Parton donated a copy of Coat of Many Colors to the permanent collection of the Library of Congress to mark the delivery of the 100th million book by her nonprofit Imagination Library.

Dolly Parton Gives The Gift Of Literacy: A Library Of 100 Million Books

4:57pm March 01, 2018

by Maureen Pao

In 1995, the entertainer and philanthropist started the Imagination Library, inspired by her father, who couldn't read and write. Now, it mails free books to more than a million kids each month.

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Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced that he will turn down a job offer to become head of the New York City schools.

He Will, He Won't: Miami School Superintendent Rejects NYC's Top Job

4:39pm March 01, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

In an emotional session of an emergency school board meeting, Dade County's Alberto Carvalho rejected a job offer announced just the day before.

Special needs teacher's aide Belva Perry holds up a sign on Wednesday at West Virginia's Capitol that reads "no deal."

W.Va. Teacher Walkouts, School Closures Continue Despite Governor's Deal With Unions

10:52pm February 28, 2018

by Dave Mistich

After Gov. Jim Justice and union leaders announced an agreement had been made to end the teacher strike, uncertainty forced all of the state's counties to call off school yet again.

Dolly Parton's Nonprofit Reaches Milestone With 100 Million Books Sent To Children

5:09pm February 28, 2018

by Maureen Pao

This week, country music legend Dolly Parton celebrated a big milestone: 100 million books. That's right, books. Parton's nonprofit, Imagination Library, mails free books to children from birth to age 5 across the country, and this week, she celebrated the program's remarkable growth in a special ceremony at the Library of Congress.

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Therese Gachnauer, center, an 18-year-old senior from Chiles High School and Kwane Gatlin, right, a 19-year-old senior from Lincoln High School, both in Tallahassee, join fellow students protesting gun violence on the steps of the old Florida Capitol in T

From Little Rock to Parkland: A Brief History of Youth Activism

3:30pm February 28, 2018

by Erin B. Logan

This isn't the first time young people have tried to change the world.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announces on Tuesday that teachers would return to work on Thursday and that he's offering teachers and school service personnel a pay raise.

West Virginia Teachers To End Strike After Reaching Deal With Governor

10:55pm February 27, 2018

by Dave Mistich

The strike has shut down public schools since last Thursday. Union leaders met with Gov. Jim Justice, and they have reached a deal for pay raises. State lawmakers would need to pass the proposals.

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West Virginia Teacher Outline Strikers Demands, Discusses Potential Remedies

9:01pm February 27, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Brianne Solomon, a teacher on strike in West Virginia. Solomon talks about the demands being made by strikers, and why she thinks remedies offered by the state aren't acceptable.

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