Education

Education

More School Districts Rethink Zero-Tolerance Policies

7:27am May 14, 2014

by Laura Isensee

When a child is suspended or expelled, it rarely improves his behavior or his academics. One school in Houston has adopted an old technique to handle student disputes: the healing circle.

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Veterans' Success At Home: More Than Just Landing Any Job

7:10pm May 11, 2014

by NPR Staff

Reliable data on federal education programs and job placement for veterans are scarce, so it can be hard to know whether service members are getting the support they need to pursue careers they want.

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Under Restructured Rules, Kansas Teachers Lose Tenure

8:45pm May 09, 2014

by Stephen Koranda

Kansas lawmakers a bill that will take away some of the employment protections offered to teachers. Teachers argue this will allow them to be fired for unfair reasons.

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Elon Completes Restoration of Two-Room Schoolhouse

8:34pm April 29, 2014

A Pre-Confederate schoolhouse is about to open to a new generation of educators.

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Small Gains, But Much Left To Fix, In Campus Sexual Assault Cases

7:40pm April 29, 2014

by Joseph Shapiro

In 2010, NPR's Joe Shapiro led an investigation into sexual assault on college campuses. As the White House releases its own report, Shapiro explains what's changed since 2010 — and what hasn't.

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Samuel Habib, seen here at 3 years old, sits in his supportive corner chair in class. Samuel, who has cerebral palsy, is now 14 and is headed to high school. Dan Habib, Samuel's father, is an advocate for inclusion and made a film about his son called Inc

Learning With Disabilities: One Effort To Shake Up The Classroom

9:54am April 28, 2014

by NPR Staff

The traditional special education model keeps kids with disabilities separate from their peers for much of the day. But a few educators and advocates are pushing for something different.

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Stopping Link Rot: Aiming To End A Virtual Epidemic

11:30am April 26, 2014

by NPR Staff

Getting a "File Not Found" or "Error 404" message is annoying, but in the academic world, it can be a minor tragedy. One professor explains why we need those pages, and what's being done to save them.

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Wash. Loses 'No Child Left Behind' Waiver Over Teacher Evaluations

7:15pm April 25, 2014

by Martin Kaste

Washington has become the first state to have its "No Child Left Behind" waiver revoked by the federal government, meaning the state will have less flexibility in spending federal education funds.

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Alternatives Emerge To Affirmative Action

8:09am April 25, 2014

Opponents of affirmative action have often touted alternatives, like socio-economic based admissions, or targeted outreach. David Greene talks to University of Washington professor Mark Long.

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A teacher at the Bridge International Academy school in Kinoo, near Nairobi, Kenya, gives a lesson to young students. Bridge, a private, for-profit company, has set up more than 200 schools in the country.

Do For-Profit Schools Give Poor Kenyans A Real Choice?

1:54pm April 22, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

American entrepreneurs in Kenya are attempting to fundamentally transform education for some of the poorest kids in the world — while making a profit.

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