Education

Obama Delivers Commencement Speech At Rutgers University

6:41pm May 16, 2016

Obama gave one of his last graduation speeches as a sitting president at Rutgers University Sunday. He was persuaded to come after receiving letters from the student body president's grandmother.

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Pre-Obama Directive, NYC Public Schools Embraced Transgender Rights

2:30pm May 16, 2016

Mary Louise Kelley talks to Jared Fox, LGBT liaison for New York City's public schools. New York has had policies in place relating to transgender students for years.

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Potential law school students may be intimidated by the dreaded LSAT exam.

Forget The LSAT. This Law School Will Accept Your GRE Scores

9:47am May 16, 2016

by Carrie Jung

The LSAT has forever been the choice exam for law school admissions. That's no longer the case at the University of Arizona, and maybe many more schools in the future.

Bobby Ellerbee, sporting his graduation get-up.

After A 40-Year Detour, 'Squidbillies' Star Takes Home His Diploma

1:59pm May 15, 2016

by NPR Staff

Bobby Ellerbee left his studies to host a radio show, voice a beloved cartoon character, even party with Etta James. Lately, though, he returned to do the one thing he hadn't done yet: graduate.

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Graduation Readers At MIT Go The Extra Mile To Pronounce Names Correctly

7:58am May 15, 2016

by Judith Kogan

Graduation time is here and that means those folks who read names at graduation ceremonies are busy practicing. MIT takes pronunciation very seriously — but they'll still get some of them wrong.

CSin3 students will wear this green sash when they graduate from Cal State Monterey Bay on Saturday.

Education

'Embodiment Of Grit': How Children Of Farm Workers Became Tech Professionals

5:15am May 15, 2016

by Krista Almanzan

We first told you about CSin3 — an accelerated degree program — when it launched three years ago. Now its first cohort is set to graduate, with many students heading into high tech coding jobs.

Barbershop: Bathroom Laws, Women In The Workplace And High Heels

6:40pm May 14, 2016

Political blogger Dru Ealons, columnist Gayle Trotter, and author Josh Levs discuss controversy over transgender rights, working as a single mother, and wearing what you want at work.

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White House And N.C. Governor In War Of Words Over Transgender Guidance

4:59pm May 14, 2016

by Michel Martin

White House press secretary Josh Earnest and North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory each had strong opinions on the federal government's new guidelines about transgender students and school bathrooms.

In Many School Districts, Transgender Bathroom Access Is The Norm

8:00am May 14, 2016

by Frank Morris

A White House directive issued yesterday lays out what it says schools need to do under existing federal law to accommodate transgender students. We went to schools in California, Kansas and Alabama.

Education

Career And Technical Education: Boom Or Bust?

8:00am May 14, 2016

by Claudio Sanchez

Vocational education in high schools fell out of favor decades ago. For career and technical education to succeed today, a key researcher says a lot has to change.