Education

A Victory For Affirmative Action, And For Many Colleges A Sigh Of Relief

5:53pm June 23, 2016

by Claudio Sanchez

By a 4-3 vote, the Supreme Court has upheld the use of race in admissions at the University of Texas at Austin. Much of higher education welcomed the decision.

University Of Texas At Austin President Reacts To Affirmative Action Ruling

4:55pm June 23, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Gregory Fenves, the president of the University of Texas at Austin, the school at the center of Thursday's Supreme Court ruling about affirmative action.

Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action In College Admissions

4:31pm June 23, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in college admissions Thursday in a 4-3 ruling on the University of Texas' use of race as a factor in a program to increase diversity in the student body.

Abigail Fisher, who challenged the use of race in college admissions, speaks to reporters outside the Supreme Court on Dec. 9, 2015. The Supreme Court upheld the University of Texas' affirmative action program in a 4-3 decision.

Supreme Court Upholds University Of Texas' Affirmative Action Program

2:00pm June 23, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

In a 4-3 decision, the court ruled that the university's "race-conscious admissions program" is constitutional.

Map of U.S. school funding by district: Red indicates less funding; green indicates more funding.

Chaos, Change And No Change At All: 3 Stories Of School Money

11:28am June 23, 2016

by Cory Turner

In a follow-up to its School Money series, the NPR Ed Team reports on three states that have, in recent weeks, made news for big challenges to their school funding systems: Texas, Arizona and Kansas.

The Problem With Teaching Preschool Teachers

3:30pm June 22, 2016

by Kendra Yoshinaga

A new report suggests that many preschool teachers aren't getting the training they need to help students excel.

Education

More Testing, Less Play: Study Finds Higher Expectations For Kindergartners

11:01am June 21, 2016

As kindergarten becomes the new first grade, some worry that the joy of learning is being lost with higher rigor.

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Why Preschool Suspensions Still Happen (And How To Stop Them)

7:17pm June 20, 2016

by Cory Turner

Thousands of children in public pre-K, especially black preschoolers, are suspended each year. The problems are clear. So are some fixes.

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Onstage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, students perform an original song inspired by Revolutionary Era history.

'Hamilton': A Story Of US

4:09pm June 20, 2016

Meet the high school students who, inspired by the hit Broadway musical, are rapping, singing and re-enacting American history lessons in their own way.

Having Other Teachers' Eyes Means Also Having Their Ideas

8:04am June 18, 2016

by Katrina Schwartz

Being a teacher sometimes means shutting the door to your classroom and cutting yourself off from colleagues all day. So, these teachers are opening the doors again to learn from one another.