Education

Nicole Boykins is principal at Crocker College Prep in New Orleans. The pre-K through eighth grade school is one of five schools in a program to better serve children who've been exposed to trauma.

When Schools Meet Trauma With Understanding, Not Discipline

8:07am May 30, 2017

Children in New Orleans suffer from trauma at high rates. Now, several schools there are focused on catching and helping students whose behavior may be a response to their suffering.

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Rayamaji chats with a student after an argument between classes.

Hall Passes, Buses, Lunch Duty: What If The Principal Could Focus On Achievement?

7:23pm May 29, 2017

by Eric Westervelt

Can principals be better leaders if they have more time to focus on instruction? The Washington, D.C., schools are adding managers to handle operations and logistics.

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Free Speech Advocate On The State Of College Campuses

8:38am May 29, 2017

Greg Lukianoff heads the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which advocates free speech. He tells Steve Inskeep that freedom of speech on college campuses has been attacked recently.

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In a workshop in Philadelphia, kids create art around stories of immigration in.

WATCH: Kids Craft Comics To Explore Immigration Fears

6:04am May 28, 2017

Children of people in the country illegally often experience fear and worry — with the shadow of deportation as a constant presence. How can they work through those emotions? One workshop uses comics.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testifies during a hearing on the proposed Department of Education budget.

Education Department Faces Deep Cuts; DeVos Faces Tough Questions

8:06am May 27, 2017

Our weekly education news roundup: Trump administration unveils its 2018 budget proposal; DeVos talks school choice in Indianapolis, then faces a grilling from lawmakers.

Will Shindel prepares for a gene-editing class using the CRISPR tool at a Brooklyn community lab called Genspace.

How A Gene Editing Tool Went From Labs To A Middle-School Classroom

8:01am May 27, 2017

by Alan Yu

Some compare the democratization of personal computing in the 1970s to the current changes in access to genetic engineering tools, in part thanks to the CRISPR gene editing tool.

Stefani McCoy, seated in the center of the front row, was a high school dropout. After going back to school and completing her college degree, she joined the Peace Corps and went to Namibia to help fellow dropouts.

Former High School Dropout Joins Peace Corps, Helps New Dropouts

7:00am May 27, 2017

by Vicky Hallett

Stefani McCoy had it with school when she was a teenager. She turned her life around — and now she's helping Namibia's dropouts do the same.

Hillary Clinton returns Friday to the commencement stage at Wellesley College, where, in 1969, she was the first student to speak to a graduating class.

In Commencement Speech, Hillary Clinton Jabs Trump Administration

8:36pm May 26, 2017

by Amita Kelly

"When people in power invent their own facts and attack those who question them, it can mark the beginning of the end of a free society," Clinton said at Wellesley College.

Mark Zuckerberg told graduates to pursue "big meaningful projects."

Mark Zuckerberg Tells Harvard Graduates To Embrace Globalism, 'A Sense Of Purpose'

9:34am May 26, 2017

by James Doubek

The Facebook CEO said fighting authoritarianism and nationalism is "the struggle of our time." Some have speculated he may run for office, though Zuckerberg has denied it.

There are conflicting theories as to what led an Education Department official to quit — and where it leaves those depending on or paying off student aid.

Why Did The Top Student Aid Official Under Betsy DeVos Resign?

5:39pm May 25, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

Conscience or incompetence? Two competing narratives — along partisan lines — have emerged to explain the sudden departure of the head of the Federal Student Aid Office.