Warren, Sanders Call For Expanding Food Aid To College Students
The senators are introducing a bill that would make pandemic-related food benefits for college students permanent and create grants for colleges to address hunger.
Education
Howard University's Decision To Cut Classics Department Prompts An Outcry
Howard is the nation's only historically Black university with a classics department, but it is now moving to dissolve the program after a three-year review of the school's curriculum.
Taylor Swift Makes Cameo On High School Students' Year-End Exam
The Advanced Placement U.S. government and politics exam included a question about the singer encouraging voters to register on Instagram. CNN reports the surprise put a smile on some students' faces.
Uproar Follows Howard University's Decision To Close Classics Department
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Anika Prather, an adjunct professor in Howard University's Classics Department, about the decision to dissolve the department.
This Year's Favorites: Our 2021 SPC Finalists
It's that time of year! Listen to our middle school and high school finalists now.
For NPR's 50th — A Story Served With Laughter And Cheetos
All Things Considered listener Michael Spikes recounts a piece heard on the show in 2006 that he used for years to teach in his media production classes.
School Principals Help With Contact Tracing Amid COVID-19 Surge In Michigan
With most Michigan schools back to in-person learning, the state is seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases. Health departments are turning to an unlikely new crew of contact tracers: school principals.
Opinion: How Latin America's Kids Suffer From World's Longest COVID School Closings
Education was already a problem area in much of Latin America. But the coronavirus made a bad situation worse, writes journalist Alejandro Tarre.
As Campus Life Resumes, So Does Concern Over Hazing
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Hank Nuwer about concerns that a pandemic-induced lull in hazing-related deaths may reverse as college students return to campus.
In Rhode Island, VP Harris Will Promote American Families Plan
NPR's Noel King talks to Meghan Hughes, president of the Community College of Rhode Island, about the state's Promise program that offers recent high school graduates two years of free tuition.