Education

Campus Food Pantries For Hungry Students On The Rise

7:08am March 17, 2016

by Noel King

Students with tight budgets are flocking to pantries at colleges. The nonprofits take donations, usually food that's about to be thrown out. That's sparking debate over what "needy" really means.

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Google's Go-playing software defeated a human champion.

Education

What Artificial Intelligence Could Mean For Education

8:13pm March 16, 2016

by Anya Kamenetz

Recent advances — such as the victory over a human Go champion — raise important questions about AI's potential role in teaching and learning.

Third-graders Ezekiel White (right) and Emanuel Black push a jug of water to the cafeteria at Southwest Baltimore Charter School.

Before Flint, Lead-Contaminated Water Plagued Schools Across U.S.

2:35pm March 16, 2016

by Jennifer Ludden

Schools all over the country, not just Michigan, have struggled to eliminate lead from water fountains and cafeterias — some for more than a decade.

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Low Graduation Rates Among Black Athletes

6:25am March 16, 2016

A new study shows black male athletes are completing college at significantly lower rates. Renee Montagne speaks to Kevin Blackistone, a "Washington Post" sport columnist, to examine this pervasive problem.

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In Alabama, Teachers School Lawmakers

6:29pm March 15, 2016

by Dan Carsen

The 2016 Teacher of the Year in that state decided it was about time the people who write the laws that affect schools actually see the inside of a classroom.

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Bernie Sanders Says He Opposes Private Charter Schools. What Does That Mean?

8:14am March 15, 2016

by Anya Kamenetz

In some ways, all charters are public schools. But there are debates about how they're managed — and who should run them.

Turmoil Behind The Scenes At A Nationally Lauded High School

6:01pm March 14, 2016

by Anya Kamenetz

The early college model known as P-TECH, a six-year program combining high school and an associate degree, has been copied all over the country but is still a hotly contested work in progress.

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Asia Leads The World In The Feat Of Reciting Thousands Of Pi Digits

3:51pm March 14, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

Forget pie and pizza. The real way to celebrate the beauty of 3.14 is by reciting the most pi decimal points.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez visits the site of Treehaven — the school where he taught so many years ago, just outside Tucson, Ariz.

Lessons From The School Where I Failed As A Teacher

10:51am March 14, 2016

by Claudio Sanchez

For years, NPR's Claudio Sanchez has struggled with his decision to leave teaching and the children he had grown so fond of.

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Artifacts on display at Marietta College.

How Low Oil Prices Are Changing Career Plans At An Ohio College

5:00pm March 12, 2016

by Noah Adams

Students come from all over the world to study petroleum engineering in southern Ohio and Marietta College. In the past nearly every graduate had a good job. Not any more.