Education

Teen Girls And Their Moms Get Candid About Phones And Social Media

3:17pm December 17, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

About half of all teens say they've tried to cut back on their phone use. But one of the girls we spoke with says that's hard when "it's obviously designed to be addictive."

A mother reads her daughter bedtime stories with numbers.

Education

How To Make Sure Your Math Anxiety Doesn't Make Your Kids Hate Math

6:00am December 16, 2018

by Sara Ernst

A new study shows that creating an environment in which math is part of everyday life, can help kids do better in the subject.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the White House in August.

Education

Education Department To Fix Troubled Grant Program; Students To Get Loan Forgiveness

10:00am December 15, 2018

by Sara Ernst

Also this week, the Kentucky Supreme Court struck down a bill that prompted thousands of teachers to protest this spring.

Under Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the department took a series of steps to try to delay borrower defense from going into effect.

The Education Department Is Canceling $150 Million Of Student Loan Debt

5:32pm December 14, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

The money goes back to borrowers whose colleges shut down, in many cases because of fraud and mismanagement.

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Education

With Lawsuits Looming, $150 Million In Student Loan Debt Cancelled

5:16pm December 14, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

Facing legal battles, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos canceled $150 million in student loan debt from borrowers who attended shut-down colleges.

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Politics & Government

NC House Speaker To Push For $1.9 Billion Education Bond

4:56pm December 14, 2018

by Paul Garber

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore is calling for a nearly $2 billion dollar school bond package to go before voters in 2020.

Education

Facing Enrollment Declines, Colleges Seek Out New, Creative Ways To Make Money

4:22pm December 13, 2018

by Sally Herships

Enrollment of both undergrads and graduate students has been declining for years. Meanwhile colleges are getting more creative in finding new ways to make money.

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One-Room School Struggles With IRS Error

Education

A Double Standard For Discipline? Why Students Weren’t Punished After A Nazi Salute (Rebroadcast)

3:35pm December 13, 2018

We talk a lot about speech on college campuses. But what about K-12?

Thousands of public school teachers and their supporters protested against a pension reform bill at the Kentucky state Capitol in April. The state's Supreme Court has now struck down the law.

Kentucky Supreme Court Strikes Down Pension Law That Sparked Teacher Protests

3:04pm December 13, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The decision is a major victory for state employees, as well as for state Attorney General Andy Beshear as he runs to unseat Gov. Matt Bevin, who championed the controversial law.

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Albert Mohler, Jr. speaks at the school's convocation ceremony in 2013. Mohler, who has led the seminary for 25 years, commissioned a report on the role racism and support for slavery played in its origin

Southern Baptist Seminary Confronts History Of Slaveholding And 'Deep Racism'

12:23pm December 13, 2018

by Tom Gjelten

In a 71-page report, Southern Baptist leaders are documenting their dark history, as if by telling the story in wrenching detail, they may finally be freed of its taint.

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