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Education
After a Texas teacher saw his students struggling with math, he turned to rap music
Thomas Mayfield helped raise test scores and engagement in the classroom, and now he's helping teachers in Fort Worth learn what he did.
Not just Florida. More than a dozen states propose so-called 'Don't Say Gay' bills
The specific details regarding the bills vary between state. But overall, they seek to prohibit schools from using a curriculum or discussing topics of gender identity or sexual orientation.
Hebrew Union College may stop ordaining rabbis in the Midwest after 150 years
Cincinnati is the North American birthplace of Reform Judaism, largely because of the 1875 founding of Hebrew Union College. But the school's dwindling enrollment is forcing a difficult decision.
A college exam taker gets prison and a coach is convicted in the admissions scam
A former Florida prep school administrator was sentenced to four months in prison and a decorated water polo coach at the University of Southern California was swiftly convicted of fraud and bribery.
Encore: To get kids hooked on math, teacher brings rap music into the classroom
A Texas teacher helped struggling math students find success by integrating music into the curriculum. He's now teaching this method to other instructors.
A jury finds a Kansas scholar guilty of fraud and hiding ties to China
The jury also found Feng "Franklin" Tao not guilty of four related counts in the case, which spurred by the Trump Justice Department's controversial "China Initiative" effort.
WS/FC Schools plans new teacher residency program
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is partnering with a national group to create a program that will serve as a teache
News brief: NATO meets on Ukraine, Judge Jackson vote, student loans
Secretary of State Blinken meets with European foreign ministers. The Senate is to vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Some student loan borrowers have gotten good news.
The student loan pause has been extended until the end of August
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Mike Pierce of the Student Borrower Protection Center, about plans to extend the student loan payment pause and a reset for roughly 7 million borrowers who are in default.