Education

How The House And Senate Bills Affect Higher Ed

11:21am December 08, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

Colleges and universities across the country are expected to be hit hard by the Republican tax plan. The House and Senate bills differ in important ways, but both would mean big changes for higher ed.

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What A Tax Overhaul Could Mean For Students And Schools

9:58am December 07, 2017

The House and Senate are working to reconcile their versions of a tax plan, but one thing is certain: Big changes are ahead for the nation's schools and colleges.

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Children in the mountain town of Orocovis returned to school two weeks ago after a two-month pause following Hurricane Maria. The school doesn't have electricity, so it lets out at 12:30 p.m.

'Their Minds Were Full Of Maria': After-School Group Brings Normal Back

7:50am December 07, 2017

by Jeff Cohen

The stress of living in Puerto Rico without running water, electricity or Internet is especially affecting children. But they are slowly finding a new normal.

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When Dyslexic Students Are Denied In School

2:11pm December 06, 2017

It's a challenge that affects education overall.

A Tech-Based Tool To Address Campus Sexual Assault

10:29am December 06, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

Callisto, a secure platform that allows students to report sexual assault and harassment, is hoping to "give power back to victims." It's in use at 12 colleges with a total of 150,000 students.

Education

Turkish Coffee At 3 A.M. And High Point’s Future: A Conversation With Nido Qubein

5:33am December 05, 2017

by Keri Brown

There is no one more influential in the city of High Point now than Nido Qubein.

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An NPR Ed investigation earlier this year found that in most Indiana school districts, voucher schools underserved special education students.

School Voucher Programs Should Be Clear About Disability Rights, Report Says

6:11am December 04, 2017

by Cory Turner

Many parents of students with disabilities don't know that if they use a voucher to leave public school, they're often leaving federal protections, too. A new GAO report says someone should tell them.

How To Motivate 80,000 Teachers

6:24pm December 03, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

The nonprofit group STIR Education sees the existing teacher force as the solution, not the obstacle, to improving learning in the developing world.

Graduate Students Protest Tax Plan; A House Proposal Would Boost For-Profit Colleges

8:14am December 02, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

Those development, plus the results of our investigative reporting on a Washington, D.C., high school and more in the weekly education roundup.

D.C. City Council Considers Keeping Suspended Students In School

7:44am December 02, 2017

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Washington, D.C., city council member David Grosso about his proposal to ban out-of-school suspensions in the District's public and charter schools.