Colleges are making tuition free for Native students. Will more students graduate?
The University of California system is the latest to announce free tuition for native students — but many say colleges shouldn't stop there.
Education
The 3rd school year since COVID hit has begun. Here's how students and staff feel
Students in Jackson, Miss., are already back at their school desks. The district — like so many in the nation — is working to help students recover academically and emotionally from the pandemic.
As a new year starts, schools prepare for fewer masks, more learning and joy
Schools are opening up around the country, and the third year in the shadow of a pandemic brings new challenges but also new hope.
HBCUs are building a new prison-to-college pipeline
Historically black colleges and universities are developing new pathways for formerly incarcerated people to earn a degree and transition
It took 20 years for this author to reunite with the teacher who changed his life
The writer searched for more than a decade for Susan Lung, who taught him to read and write English when he was a 7-year-old in 1999. On Saturday, she surprised him at one of his book readings.
More kids are going back to school. So why is laptop surveillance increasing?
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Wired reporter Pia Ceres about surveillance programs on school laptops and how law enforcement's access to them creates a major privacy issue for students.
For the first time in 20 years, teachers can deduct more for school supplies
Eligible educators include K-12 teachers, principals, teachers' aides or counselors who spend more than 900 hours at the school during the academic year.
News brief: Cheney's political future, Colorado River crisis, back to school
Liz Cheney lost her House seat, but her fight against ex-President Donald Trump continues. A water crisis on the Colorado River is worsening. Millions of children are beginning a new school year.
Schools in Mississippi face another year in the shadow of the pandemic
As students return to classrooms for the new school year, we visit one district, in Jackson, Miss., to hear how school leaders, teachers and families are feeling.