Education

Cathedral High School leadership in Indianapolis says Archbishop Charles Thompson issued "direct guidance" that the school fire a teacher in a same-sex marriage or forfeit its Catholic identity.

Catholic School Fires Gay Teacher To Stay In Indianapolis Archdiocese

2:00pm June 25, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

The school says not terminating the teacher would have resulted in "our forfeiting our Catholic identity." Last week, a nearby Jesuit school decided to split with the archdiocese instead.

Salutatorian Paulette Olivas, left, stages with fellow Trevor G. Browne High School graduates at the Veterans Colosseum before 2019 Commencement in Phoenix, Ariz.

Reflections On Friends, Hardship And 4 Years Of High School

12:47pm June 23, 2019

by Jeffrey Pierre

Words of wisdom, and hope, from speeches given by seniors this year at their high school graduation ceremonies.

Education

Teach For America's Relationship With Charter Schools

8:17am June 23, 2019

Teach for America has become a "vital ally" of the charter school movement, according to ProPublica education reporter Annie Waldman. She speaks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Dr. Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck graduated from Wisconsi's Cardinal Stritch University last week with a doctorate in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service.

Dr. Marijuana Pepsi Won't Change Her Name 'To Make Other People Happy'

9:10pm June 22, 2019

by Ari Shapiro

Long ridiculed for her unusual name, Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck recently turned her hardship into success. After studying perceptions around "black names" in white classrooms, she completed her Ph.D.

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Oberlin College President On Bakery Case

8:22am June 22, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Oberlin College President Carmen Twillie Ambar about the $44 million libel verdict against the college. The jury said Oberlin defamed a local bakery.

Education

Marijuana Pepsi Fends Off The Jokes To Earn Her PhD

7:52pm June 21, 2019

by Ari Shapiro

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck about her recent PhD completion despite the hardships she's faced because of her birth name.

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Education

Students Provide Guides For Paying For College

5:29am June 19, 2019

by Elissa Nadworny

Trying to figure out how to navigate the finances of college? A series of crowdsourced Google documents written by current students and recent graduates provides many needed answers.

Kyle Kashuv, a student survivor of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, became a nationally prominent gun-rights advocate while many of his surviving classmates instead organized to advocate for gun control.

Harvard Rescinds Offer To Parkland Survivor After Discovery Of Racist Comments

9:08pm June 18, 2019

by Anya Kamenetz

Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland student survivor, was accepted into Harvard, but after the university discovered racist slurs he made when he was 16, the offer was rescinded.

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Gwen Lynch graduated 8th grade on Monday as the only student of a one-room public school on the tiny island of Cuttyhunk in Massachusetts.

On A Tiny Island, Comedian Delivers A Graduation Speech For One

8:44pm June 18, 2019

by Hayley Fager

Gwen Lynch of Cuttyhunk, an island off the coast of Massachusetts, was the only graduate of her one-room school this year. "It really is lonely," she said.

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U.S. Schools Underreport How Often Students Are Restrained Or Secluded, Watchdog Says

8:44pm June 18, 2019

by Jenny Abamu

Districts are supposed to tell the government how often students are held or detained. But a new report says those numbers are so inaccurate, there's no way of knowing the prevalence of these methods.

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