Education

Where A Child Grows Up Plays A Major Role In Future Opportunities

7:22am December 18, 2019

NPR got an early look at data showing vastly different opportunities for children of different races across the U.S. living just neighborhoods apart. Albany, N.Y., has some of the biggest inequities.

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Measure Would Help Low-Income Students Apply For College Financial Aid

6:15am December 18, 2019

by Elissa Nadworny

President Trump is likely to sign a bill that makes fixes to the college financial aid application system, including simplifying the verification process, which often trips up low-income students.

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Fact Check: Has North Carolina Teacher Pay Ever Matched The National Average?

4:00pm December 17, 2019

by Paul Specht, Politifact NC, WRAL

The issue of teacher pay has played a large role in this year's budget battle between Democratic Governor Roy Cooper and the Republican-led legislature.

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Education

The State Of American Education

2:43pm December 17, 2019

The top quarter of American students made progress. The bottom 10 percent did not.

Fewer Students Are Going To College. Here's Why That Matters

3:27pm December 16, 2019

College enrollment continues to decline, according to data released Monday. Small colleges have been forced to close; others are getting creative when it comes to finding and keeping students.

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appeared Thursday before a hearing of the House Education and Labor Committee in Washington, D.C.

Education

House Democrats Grill Betsy DeVos Over Denying Student Borrower Relief

4:36pm December 12, 2019

The education secretary testified before the House education committee about her handling of a loan relief program for student borrowers who say they were defrauded by for-profit colleges.

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President Trump has signed an executive order that will broaden Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to apply to discrimination based on anti-Semitism. He is seen here signing the order at a Hanukkah reception at the White House.

Trump Signs Order Against Anti-Semitism At Colleges, Worrying Free Speech Advocates

6:18pm December 11, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The order will extend a federal anti-discrimination law to include discrimination based on anti-Semitism. Some worry the policy will be used to stifle criticism of Israel on college campuses.

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies before the Senate education committee on March 28.

Betsy DeVos Overruled Education Dept. Findings On Defrauded Student Borrowers

11:47am December 11, 2019

by Cory Turner

The education secretary says many students who were defrauded by for-profit colleges don't deserve full relief from their loans. Department memos show career staff arguing the opposite.

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News Brief: Impeachment Probe, Trade Deal, Student Debt Case

5:11am December 11, 2019

A House panel takes its next steps on impeachment. The U.S., Mexico and Canada sign a new trade deal. And, an update on a fight between 200,000 people with student debt and Education Secretary DeVoss.

Education

Lawsuit Claims SAT And ACT Are Illegal In California Admissions

8:05pm December 10, 2019

by Elissa Nadworny

Students and advocacy groups want the University of California system to drop the test requirement. They argue the policy "illegally discriminates against applicants on the basis of race and wealth."

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