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Miami 4th-Graders Write About Their Experiences With Hurricanes

3:39pm September 21, 2017

by Elissa Nadworny

At Sunset Elementary in Miami, students are writing personal essays about their experience with Hurricane Irma, and they have some advice for other kids who have yet to live through one.

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School children in uniforms in class with tablets

Examining Links Between Academic Performance And Food Stamps

10:55am September 21, 2017

by Shankar Vedantam

South Carolina researchers have drawn a connection between low-income students' poor performance on math tests and the time of month when their families run low on food stamps.

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The Department Of Education Cuts Off A Student Loan Watchdog

4:49pm September 20, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

The Education Department has terminated two agreements with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Here's why that matters.

Members of the audience listen as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during the White House Summit on Historically Black Colleges and Universities at the White House yesterday.

Trump, And Most Black College Presidents, Absent From Annual Meeting

12:45pm September 20, 2017

by Claudio Sanchez

This week the White House hosted historically black colleges and universities. But many HBCU presidents stayed away, arguing that the administration is not interested in the issues HBCUs face.

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Meghan Downey, 22, a recent graduate from the College of William & Mary, protests outside an Arlington, Va., auditorium after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke about campus sexual assault.

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Is There A 'Better Way' To Handle Campus Sexual Assault?

9:51am September 19, 2017

by Tovia Smith

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos may be using some compromise plans devised by outside groups as a model for balancing the rights of alleged victims and accused students.

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Melisande Short-Colomb, 63, is a descendant of slaves sold by the Jesuits to fund Georgetown University. She's enrolled as a freshman there and plans to major in African-American studies.

Starting School At The University That Enslaved Her Ancestors

8:28am September 19, 2017

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talked to Mélisande Short-Colomb, whose family was once enslaved by Georgetown University. Now, at 63, Short-Colomb has enrolled as a freshman there.

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The search for a diverse teaching force can be costly.

How One Group Is Working To Build A More Diverse Teaching Force

6:00am September 19, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

The Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity, a new organization, is working with minority-serving institutions to bring more color into the teaching ranks.

How to Make Every Grade More Like Kindergarten

11:23am September 18, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

In his new book, MIT professor Mitchel Resnick lays out a vision for encouraging creative thinking, based on his research into what he calls Lifelong Kindergarten.

Since Hurricane Irma, Only Some Students Have Been Able To Return To School In Miami

5:56pm September 17, 2017

Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho discusses the challenges his district faces as 300,000 students try to return to school, many of which are now makeshift shelters or without power.

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President Trump Set To Meet With Presidents Of Historically Black Colleges And Universities

5:56pm September 17, 2017

Several of the HBCU college leaders have refused to participate, while others want to work with the White House. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Michael Lomax, CEO of the United Negro College Fund, about the upcoming meeting.

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