Education

Howard University has prompted an outcry from students and scholars over its decision to dissolve its classics department, the only such program at a historically Black college or university in the nation.

Education

Howard University's Decision To Cut Classics Department Prompts An Outcry

1:53pm May 10, 2021

by Steve Inskeep

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.

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Taylor Swift Makes Cameo On High School Students' Year-End Exam

8:13am May 10, 2021

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.

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Uproar Follows Howard University's Decision To Close Classics Department

5:09am May 10, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Anika Prather, an adjunct professor in Howard University's Classics Department, about the decision to dissolve the department.

Education

This Year's Favorites: Our 2021 SPC Finalists

8:48am May 09, 2021

It's that time of year! Listen to our middle school and high school finalists now.

Education

For NPR's 50th — A Story Served With Laughter And Cheetos

4:43pm May 06, 2021

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

4:57pm May 05, 2021

by Brett Dahlberg

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.

Wearing a mask and a face shield to curb the spread of the coronavirus, 10-year-old Jade Chan Puc writes in her workbook during the first day of class in Hecelchakán, Campeche state, Mexico, on April 19. On average, schools in Latin America and the Carib

Opinion: How Latin America's Kids Suffer From World's Longest COVID School Closings

3:04pm May 05, 2021

by Alejandro Tarre

Education was already a problem area in much of Latin America. But the coronavirus made a bad situation worse, writes journalist Alejandro Tarre.

A hazing-related student death at Bowling Green State University has renewed conversations about hazing on college campuses.

As Campus Life Resumes, So Does Concern Over Hazing

9:54am May 05, 2021

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.

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In Rhode Island, VP Harris Will Promote American Families Plan

7:04am May 05, 2021

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.

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COMIC: Teaching Kids To Make Art Out Of What You Have In The Pandemic

6:00am May 04, 2021

It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented request: educate students in entirely new ways, amid the backdrop of a global pandemic. This week is a first-grade teacher in Los Angeles.