Education

Reinventing Community College To Reach Millions Of Workers — Online

3:32pm March 09, 2018

by Claudio Sanchez

California could be the first state to create a statewide, online community college system targeting 2.5 million workers who need — but don't have — a college degree.

Politics & Government

Poll Finds NC Teachers Opposed To Being Armed In School

11:06am March 09, 2018

by Paul Garber

A new poll looks at North Carolina teachers' attitudes about having them carry guns in school and finds it's not an idea educ

AP Investigation Finds NRA Gives Millions To Schools

8:00am March 09, 2018

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Collin Binkley of The Associated Press about an AP investigation into millions of dollars the NRA gives to schools.

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Students Of Color And Armed School Staff

5:05am March 09, 2018

Some Florida lawmakers say they fear arming school staff could harm black and Hispanic students. State Rep. Amy Mercado of the Orlando area talks with NPR's Rachel Martin.

Antonio Magic was arrested four times by school resource officers — once as an 8th grade student and three times at his former high school.

Do Police Officers In Schools Really Make Them Safer?

10:42pm March 08, 2018

by Cheryl Corley

After the massacre in Parkland, Fla., President Trump said every school should have resource officers. But critics fear the unintended consequences like increased suspensions and arrests.

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Survey Finds Many Transgender Teachers Face Discrimination On The Job

4:22pm March 08, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

Transgender teachers around the country say they're getting more organized, and more active in results from an NPR Ed survey. In New York City, a group of trans teachers meet regularly to talk about homework, lesson plans and how their identity shapes and influences the lives of their students.

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Teachers from across the country shared their experiences. Clockwise from top left: Westley Aliquo, Bailey Coffman, Jennifer Eller, Lewis Maday-Travis, Ei Meeker, Mario Suarez, McKinley Morrison and Sam Long.

More Than Half Of Transgender Teachers Surveyed Tell NPR They Are Harassed At Work

9:21am March 08, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

An NPR survey of trans and gender-nonconforming teachers found that, despite the challenges they face, a majority of these educators try to integrate LGBT topics into their classes.

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Success Of West Virginia Teachers' Strike May Inspire Similar Action In Other States

7:51pm March 07, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Bloomberg reporter Josh Eidelson about the possibility of teachers strikes in Oklahoma and Kentucky, following one in West Virginia that ended with teachers getting a pay raise.

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Here's How To Prevent The Next School Shooting, Experts Say

10:14am March 07, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

Hundreds of organizations and experts are calling for a public health approach to school-based violence.

The South Cumberland Elementary School mural before it was altered. Cumberland County personnel changed it Monday after the painting was called racist in a social media post Friday.

Elementary School Mural That Seemed To Depict A Lynching Has Been Changed

9:57am March 07, 2018

by Asia Simone Burns

The painting was intended to portray a school rivalry, but critics say the mural was racist.