Education

When A Budget Motel Is 'Home,' There's Little Room For Childhood

4:41pm August 18, 2015

by Tess Vigeland

In San Bernardino County, nearly one-tenth of public school students are homeless. For many, that means living in rundown motels — and coping with troubling conditions long before they get to class.

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Teenage girls in San Francisco participate in a weeklong Black Girls CODE summer camp.

'Disrupting' Tech's Diversity Problem With A Code Camp For Girls Of Color

3:11pm August 18, 2015

by Eric Westervelt

The group Black Girls CODE holds summer boot camps that teach basics of app design and development. The nonprofit aims to inspire more girls to reach for a career in high-tech.

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Northwestern Football Players Lose Bid To Form First Union For Athletes

2:38pm August 18, 2015

by Cheryl Corley

The National Labor Relations Board announced Monday it dismissed a previous ruling by a Chicago regional office in favor of the Northwestern University athletes.

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Research Biologist Coins Term 'Kilo-Author' For Scientific Journal Articles

2:39pm August 17, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Zen Faulkes of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley about the term, which describes the trend of adding more names as contributors to science journal articles.

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Craig Adams Jr., 18, is working toward his high school degree at the Youth Empowerment Project in New Orleans, pictured here.

New Orleans Schools, 10 Years After Katrina: Beacon Or Warning?

6:24pm August 15, 2015

by Anya Kamenetz

The system has shown the largest, fastest improvement of any district in the nation, and yet it still ranks second from the bottom in the state.

Inside a family's year of kindergarten from KPCC follows the story of kindergartner Gemma Gomez at Eugene Field Elementary, a Mandarin immersion school in Pasadena, Calif.

A Kindergartener's Year In A Mandarin-Immersion School

2:34pm August 14, 2015

by Deepa Fernandes

Starting kindergarten can be scary. So imagine if your parents sent you to a school where they teach most of the day in another language, like Mandarin Chinese.

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Schools are sifting through a flood of new products and programs geared toward raising awareness and lower risk for sexual assaults on campus.

Curbing Sexual Assault Becomes Big Business On Campus

2:34pm August 14, 2015

by Tovia Smith

It was once a tiny niche market, but it's now an exploding industry as schools look to comply with new rules that require them to offer programs to raise awareness and lower risk.

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5 Big Ideas That Don't Work In Education

9:05am August 14, 2015

by Anya Kamenetz

A famous researcher slams popular ideas in a controversial new paper.

Education

Incoming UNCG Chancellor Stresses Importance Of Culture

5:50pm August 12, 2015

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How Going To College Could Change Under Hillary Clinton's New Plan

1:43pm August 12, 2015

by Anya Kamenetz

Her plan — stuffed with ideas that have been brought up by other presidential candidates, like free tuition and more affordable loan repayment — moves away from the dorms-and-tailgates stereotype.

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