Education

The findings discussed in Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children have been cited more than 8,000 times, according to Google Scholar.

Let's Stop Talking About The '30 Million Word Gap'

5:55pm June 01, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

It's one of the most famous studies ever done on kids. It's often cited as a reason children from poor families struggle in school. But it may be neither 30 million words, nor exactly a gap.

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Santa Fe High School Students Form Non-Profit 2 Weeks After Deadly Shooting

4:35pm June 01, 2018

It's been two weeks since the mass shooting at Santa Fe high school in Texas and the senior class graduates Friday. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with senior Bree Butler.

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Politics & Government

NC Lawmakers Pass Adjusted State Budget

3:14pm June 01, 2018

by Rusty Jacobs, WUNC

The Conflicting Educations Of Sam Schimmel

8:31pm May 30, 2018

by Rebecca Hersher

More than 50 years after the federal government forced hundreds of Alaska Natives into boarding schools, their descendants are haunted by — and trying to overcome —residual trauma.

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What Gun Violence Protesters Can Learn From 1968's Chicano Blowouts

5:46pm May 30, 2018

by Mandalit del Barco

Fifty years ago, Chicano students walked out of East Los Angeles high schools — angry at the lack of school resources and their curriculum. Eventually the school district changed its policies.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbot hosts a recent roundtable discussion with victims, families and friends affected by the Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting that killed 10 people earlier this month. People with ties to other recent mass shootings were also invited.

Texas Governor Lays Out School Safety Plan In Wake Of Santa Fe Shooting

4:58pm May 30, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Arming more teachers, creating new alarm systems and changing mental health rules are part of a wide-ranging list presented by Gov. Greg Abbott, nearly two weeks after 10 people died in the attack.

Preschools In Ghana's Capital Challenge Call-And-Response System

5:17am May 30, 2018

by Nurith Aizenman

In Accra, many low-income parents scrape together money to send their toddlers to private schools. The trouble: schools subject them to long lectures, and punish misbehavior with beatings.

Protesters March On Washington To Mark 50 Year Anniversary of Brown vs. Board Of Ed

Meet The Women Who First Integrated America's Schools

4:23pm May 29, 2018

However, decades later, schools appear to be getting more segregated.

People mourn last week at a makeshift memorial in memory of the victims killed in a shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas. Students resumed classes at the school today.

'It's Going To Be Tough': Santa Fe Students Return To School After Shooting

12:31pm May 29, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The shooting happened less than two weeks before the end of the school year. "I don't want that last day to be my last memory of my senior year," one student said.

A Degree With Zero Student Debt. Does It Work?

6:25am May 28, 2018

by Emily Siner

The four-year results are in on Tennessee's free college initiative. Is this new data significant enough to sway the future of these free college programs?