Education

Rashema Melson gets a hug and has her photo taken with her cousin Anthony Young after the 2019 Georgetown University graduation ceremony.

Education

Once A Homeless D.C. Teen, Now A Georgetown Graduate

5:48pm May 21, 2019

by Audie Cornish

In 2014, Rashema Melson was a homeless high school senior who was awarded a full scholarship to college. Now, she is a graduate of Georgetown University who hopes to return to help her community.

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Billionaire Robert F. Smith Pledges To Repay Loans For 2019 Morehouse College Class

5:45pm May 20, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with American University professor Ibram X. Kendi about billionaire investor Robert F. Smith's pledge to the Morehouse College class of 2019 to repay their student loans.

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Heather Burns at Martin Elementary School in South San Francisco, where she now teaches third grade. Burns was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016 and had to pay for her own substitute while on sick leave.

California Teachers Pay For Their Own Substitutes During Extended Sick Leave

5:45pm May 20, 2019

by Julia McEvoy

A teacher battling cancer has to pay for her own substitute. Now some lawmakers are calling for a change in the state education code to eliminate this hardship.

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Politics & Government

NC Democrat Says There's No Wait For Private School Vouchers

8:39am May 20, 2019

by Paul Specht, PolitiFact NC

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Education

Morehouse College's Class Of 2019 Gets A Big Commencement Surprise

7:47am May 20, 2019

Billionaire Robert F. Smith announced during Sunday's commencement speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta that he and his family would pay off the entire graduating class's student debt.

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'We Were Speechless': Robert F. Smith Pledges To Clear Morehouse Grads' Student Debt

9:03pm May 19, 2019

The billionaire surprised the Morehouse College Class of 2019 at their graduation by pledging to pay off their student loans. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with recent Morehouse graduate Kamal Medlock.

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Robert F. Smith, founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, speaks at Morehouse College on Feb. 17, 2018 in Atlanta. Smith announced on Sunday he will pay off the student debt of the college's entire 2019 graduating class.

Robert Smith Pledges To Pay Off Student Loans For Morehouse College's Class of 2019

6:13pm May 19, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The billionaire founder of investment firm Vista Equity Partners made the surprise announcement in front of roughly 400 students while delivering the college's commencement address on Sunday.

Academics Gather To Study Phish, Man

2:09pm May 19, 2019

by Deena Prichep

A first-ever academic conference on the meaning and impact of the jam band Phish is happening this weekend in Oregon.

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Education

The Therapy Dogs Of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

8:12am May 18, 2019

by Scott Simon

Therapy dogs at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School got their own yearbook page this year.

Richard Strauss was employed as a doctor at Ohio State University from 1978 until he retired in 1998.

Ohio State Doctor Sexually Abused At Least 177 Male Students, Investigation Finds

5:25pm May 17, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

The independent investigation concluded that university personnel were aware of the abuse as early as 1979, but that Richard Strauss kept abusing students until he retired nearly two decades later.