Education

Applicants stamped with a "denied" stamp.

After years of public service, some still can't claim student loan forgiveness

3:00am June 14, 2022

by Sequoia Carrillo

A short-lived program in the early 2000s allowed married couples to consolidate their student loans for a lower interest rate. Now, they're missing out on thousands in loan forgiveness.

This kindergarten class has raised and set free 18 orphaned turtles

5:20pm June 13, 2022

A kindergarten class in Stone Harbor, N.J., recently set free 18 orphaned turtles it raised from eggs. They're part of a program that has saved thousands of diamond terrapin turtles over 20 years.

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Checking in with 3 teens who challenged a waste management company with their podcast

5:12pm June 13, 2022

Three recent high school graduates — who were on the program in July 2019 — speak about their podcast set in their hometown of Gary, Ind.

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College enrollment is down, but applications are rolling in at 'elite' schools

4:26pm June 10, 2022

Ah, college — the classes, the parties, the debt. Is it still worth it? While most schools have seen enrollment declines during the pandemic, there's been a jump in applications at "elite" schools.

High school teacher receives a Tony for dedication to musical theater

7:22am June 10, 2022

Roshunda Jones Koumba has taught musical theater to high school students in Houston, Texas, for nearly 20 years. She's receiving a Tony award for her years of dedication to the craft.

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An Idaho school board banned 23 books. So a local bookstore gave out copies for free

5:26pm June 09, 2022

by James Dawson

A school board in a Boise suburb banned books and state lawmakers cut state library funding — so a local bookstore raised money to buy banned books to distribute for free.

Unionization is catching on among undergraduate student workers

4:29pm June 07, 2022

by Kay Perkins

Student workers are the latest in the wave of unionization nationwide. Students from several private universities have unionized, and undergrads from dozens of other schools are making plans to do so.

When Black Boys Die, a gunplay written and directed by William Electric Black.

How the arts can help children think about gun violence

4:00pm June 07, 2022

by Jon Kalish

The former Sesame Street writer is working with the NYPD to create a small pilot program on gun violence at an elementary school in East Harlem.

Education

High school graduates from Yukon, Oklahoma go back to their roots

7:29am June 06, 2022

by Robby Korth

Every year, graduating seniors from Yukon High School in Yukon, Okla., go back to the local elementary school for a "Senior Sendoff" with their former childhood teachers.

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College debt is one of the largest financial burdens young people face today

9:33am June 05, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Nearly half of college students who take out loans for school don't finish within six years. Isabelle Praget is struggling with this kind of debt, and she speaks with Ayesha Rascoe about it.