Education

New Research Suggests Small High Schools May Help After All

4:05pm October 17, 2014

by Patricia Willens

A New York City entrant in a long-running research controversy over the effectiveness of small high schools reveals that a reform derided as a failure has positive impact.

Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy, seen in a photo taken last year, says his resignation Thursday was

LA Schools Superintendent Steps Down, Defends Tenure

10:12am October 17, 2014

by Scott Neuman

John Deasy's resignation, announced by the Los Angeles school board Thursday, comes after high-profile tussles with the teachers union and a troubled initiative to put an iPad in every student's hand.

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LA Schools Superintendent To Step Down Amid iPad Controversy

1:09pm October 16, 2014

Rachel Martin talks with KPCC's Annie Gilbertson about the pending resignation of John Deasy, who had been at the center of a controversial plan to purchase 700,000 iPads for students and teachers.

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A group of professors at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass., has slammed the school's new sexual assault policy, saying it gives victims an unfair advantage.

Harvard Law Professors Say New Sexual Assault Policy Is One-Sided

10:32am October 16, 2014

by Tovia Smith

A group of 28 law professors has written an open letter criticizing the university's new sexual assault policy, citing due process concerns and saying it gives victims more rights than the accused.

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Afghan schoolgirls take lessons outdoors at a refugee camp near Jalalabad.

What Will Malala's Nobel Peace Prize Mean For Girls' Education?

3:23pm October 15, 2014

by Nsikan Akpan

Although important strides have been made, a children's rights expert says the world has a long way to go before Malala Yousafzai's vision of meaningful education for all is realized.

Identifying The Worst Colleges In America

3:22pm October 14, 2014

by Claudio Sanchez

How better ratings can help students make better decisions.

How College Students Battled Textbook Publishers To A Draw, In 3 Graphs

1:18pm October 14, 2014

by David Kestenbaum

The price of new textbooks has gone through the roof. But what students spend on books has barely budged.

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School Facilities Strained By Boom In Petroleum Engineering

8:00am October 14, 2014

by Dan Boyce

Students want to cash in on that growing job market. Those high paying jobs are also attracting petroleum engineering professors. So there are fewer professors to teach ballooning classes.

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Students at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., attend a debt management workshop. Broward is one of 29 colleges that no longer accepts unsubsidized student loans. The effort is part of an experiment to cut down on student loan debt and defaults.

To Cut Student Debt, Florida College Cuts Off Some Student Borrowing

6:52pm October 12, 2014

by John O'Connor

One of Florida's largest community colleges is trying to reduce the amount of debt its students take on. As part of a federal experiment, it has barred them from taking out any unsubsidized loans.

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President George W. Bush, seated, signs No Child Left Behind into law at Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio.

It's 2014. All Children Are Supposed To Be Proficient. What Happened?

12:57pm October 11, 2014

by Anya Kamenetz

The No Child Left Behind law famously set this year as the date when, well, no children would be left behind. So now what?