Despite High Demand For Nurses, Colleges Aren't Keeping Up
Even before COVID-19, the system wasn't turning out enough nurses to meet the national shortage.
Education
At-Risk Teachers Struggle With Returning To In-Person Classes
Staffing schools for in-person learning hasn't been easy. In North Carolina, the pressure to keep schools open during the coronavirus pandemic has left some teachers without any good options.
Congress Poised To Simplify FAFSA, And Help People In Prison Go To College
In a bipartisan effort, Congress is close to a deal to simplify the federal financial aid form, or FAFSA, a major policy goal of retiring Republican senator Lamar Alexander.
Stanford Apologizes After Vaccine Allocation Leaves Out Nearly All Medical Residents
Residents waged a protest on Friday, demanding to know why senior faculty were getting the vaccine before front-line workers who see COVID-19 patients. Stanford has agreed the plan was flawed.
West Virginia Schools Chief Declares A Snow Day Despite Remote Learning
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Bondy Shay Gibson, superintendent for Jefferson County Public Schools in West Virginia, about her decision to declare a snow day even though schools are teaching remotely.
'Losing A Generation': Fall College Enrollment Plummets For 1st-Year Students
Researchers say the pandemic is largely to blame for this year's drastic enrollment declines, but college-going has also been on a decade-long downward trend.
What It's Like To Apply To College In The Pandemic
College applications are different this year: no campus tours, no admission exams and fewer extracurriculars to showcase talents. NPR discusses the challenges of college applications in the pandemic.
Paycheck-To-Paycheck Nation: Why Even Americans With Higher Income Struggle With Bills
In the pandemic, a third of Americans struggle to pay usual costs, even some earning over $100,000. But living on the edge financially is nothing new in the U.S. Three households share their budgets.
Schools Work Around The Pandemic To Provide Holiday Concerts
December is usually the time when families sit in crowded stuffy school gymnasiums for the annual elementary school holiday concert. But because of COVID-19, local music programs had to get creative.
Op-Ed Urging Jill Biden To Drop The 'Dr.' Sparks Outrage Online
The widely panned opinion piece addressed Jill Biden as "kiddo" and advised her to "drop the doc." The incoming first lady holds two master's degrees and a doctorate in education.