Education

Girls and women in Afghanistan have been blocked from receiving an education

8:45am August 07, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

NPR's Alina Selyukh speaks with Pashtana Durrani, executive director of LEARN, an education nonprofit in Afghanistan that helps Afghan girls access education.

Encore: Binders, backpacks and inflation are on 2022's back-to-school shopping list

5:12pm August 05, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

This year's back-to-school shopping season lands as the U.S. sees the highest inflation in four decades. How will high prices affect spending?

College is increasingly out of reach for many students. What went wrong?

1:32pm August 03, 2022

by Terry Gross

Journalist Will Bunch says instead of opening the door to a better life, college leaves many students deep in debt and unable to find well-paying jobs. His new book is After the Ivory Tower Falls.

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Superintendent gives NC lawmakers dramatic but flawed data on early reading gains

3:07pm August 02, 2022

by Ann Doss Helms/WFAE

Education

NC educators meet to address school violence, other issues

11:10am August 01, 2022

by Tom Foreman, Jr., Associated Press

What does age-appropriate, comprehensive sex ed actually look like?

9:20am July 30, 2022

With abortion access changing in many states, advocates for sex education say it's more important than ever.

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Few Black men become school psychologists. Here's why that matters

3:21pm July 29, 2022

by Pooja Salhotra

Psychologists play a critical role in K-12 schools, but there's a clear mismatch between the demographics of school psychologists and the student populations they serve.

Students at Pasadena City College, in Pasadena, Calif., participate in a graduation ceremony in 2019.

The U.S. government underestimated the cost of the student loan program by billions

2:20pm July 29, 2022

by Sequoia Carrillo

The Education Department originally thought the student loan program would make money — instead, it's losing it. That's according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

Following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the George Washington University law school received calls to drop Justice Clarence Thomas and cancel the seminar he taught.

Clarence Thomas drops out of teaching a law class after students protested

6:10pm July 28, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the George Washington University law school received calls to drop Thomas and cancel the seminar he taught.

The share of Americans who believe colleges and universities have a positive impact on the country has declined since 2020, according to recent survey.

Education

A growing number of Americans are questioning the value of going to college

7:06pm July 26, 2022

by Pooja Salhotra

A new poll on adults' perceptions of higher education shows a sharp partisan divide and a decline in the share of Americans who think colleges and universities have a positive impact on the nation.