Education

In Oregon, public school teachers are on strike in Portland

5:20am November 02, 2023

This is the first teachers' strike in the history of Oregon's largest school district. NPR's Michel Martin talks to reporter Lisa Balick of KOIN-TV, about why teachers walked off the job.

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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona talks to reporters during the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 30, 2023 in Washington, D.C.

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Education Department punishes student loan servicer for billing mistakes

4:07pm October 31, 2023

by Cory Turner

The department is withholding payment from loan servicer MOHELA as 2.5 million borrowers didn't receive timely billing statements.

FAFSA to be overhauled, making it easier for students to apply for financial aid

8:31am October 29, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Rachel Burns, author of a new report assessing what changes to the Free Application for Federal Aid could mean for students in the 2024-25 academic year.

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In the new children's book The Walking School Bus, a brother and sister walk 5 miles round-trip to school on their own.

What is a walking school bus? Hint: It has no tires but lots of feet and lots of soul

8:10am October 29, 2023

by Vicky Hallett

So what is a walking school bus? A new children's book set in South Africa tells the story of some intrepid youngsters who figured out a way to stay safe during their long walk to class.

Churches step in after Florida restricts how Black history can be taught

8:02am October 28, 2023

by Danielle Prieur

Black churches in Florida are offering classes in African American history in response to limits on the subject in its public schools. (This story first aired on Morning Edition on October 24, 2023.)

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A big, new effort to teach children civics is about to be unveiled in Philadelphia

5:12am October 27, 2023

by Cory Turner

First lady Jill Biden and former first lady Laura Bush have teamed up with Nickelodeon and iCivics to create kid-friendly videos to teach a new generation of children about civics and democracy.

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WS/FCS to host forum to hear from middle school students

3:03pm October 26, 2023

by Amy Diaz

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education is hosting a forum to talk to middle school students about their educational experiences.

Matiullah Wesa, a girls' education advocate, reads to students in Spin Boldak district in Kandahar province of Afghanistan on May 21, 2022. The Taliban have freed the Afghan activist who campaigned for the education of girls, a local nonprofit organization said Thursday. Wesa was arrested seven months ago and spent 215 days in prison, according to the group, Pen Path.

Afghan girls' education advocate is freed from Taliban prison

1:33pm October 26, 2023

by The Associated Press

Matiullah Wesa was arrested and spent 215 days in prison. He has been outspoken in his demands for girls to have the right to go to school. The Taliban bar girls from school beyond the sixth grade.

A new graduate jumps into the classroom to teach.

This teacher shortage solution has gone viral. But does it work?

5:00am October 26, 2023

by Kavitha Cardoza

State and federal governments have made hundreds of millions of dollars available to pay for Grow Your Own teacher programs. But researchers say it's unclear whether they actually work.

For some Kharkiv schoolkids, class moved to safety underground in a subway station

5:44pm October 25, 2023

by Joanna Kakissis

In Ukraine's second-largest city, near the Russian border, grade-schoolers attend classes in a subway station that doubles as a bomb shelter.

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