Education

Malia Obama's 'Gap Year' Highlights Growing Trend In U.S.

6:39pm May 02, 2016

by Tovia Smith

President Obama's daughter, Malia, is taking a year off before starting college in the fall. The so-called "gap year" before college has long been a staple — even a right of passage — in many other countries. NPR reports on the growing trend to defer freshman year to pursue other interests.

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Teachers march outside the district headquarters on Monday in Detroit.

Detroit Teachers' 'Sickout' Closes More Than 90 Schools

5:10pm May 02, 2016

by Dana Farrington

The public school district says it won't be able to pay employees past June under the current funding plan — even for work already done. A longer-term spending bill is stuck in the state Legislature.

College student sleeping on dorm room floor

How College Students Are Sleeping ... Or Not

10:06am May 02, 2016

by Anya Kamenetz

A new study breaks down 1.4 million nights of sleep on college campuses. The results are surprising.

Wichita lawyer Alan Rupe in his office. He's been suing Kansas over school funding since 1989.

Kansas Supreme Court Says Schools Could Close If System Doesn't Change

9:42am May 02, 2016

by Sam Zeff

Recently the Kansas Supreme Court told lawmakers: Fix our broken school funding system, or public schools could shut down on June 30. Some lawmakers say Kansas already spends too much on education.

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President Barack Obama jokes with his daughter Malia Obama as they walk to board Air Force One from the Marine One helicopter, as they leave Chicago en route to Los Angeles last month.

Malia Obama Will Attend Harvard, White House Says

1:03pm May 01, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

She's going to take a gap year and begin at Harvard during fall 2017, according to a statement from the First Lady's office.

A view of two coal seams and coal hauling trucks being loaded in the Buckskin Coal Mine, 12 miles north of Gillette, Wyo.

Is There A Better Way To Pay For America's Schools?

10:26am May 01, 2016

There are huge gaps in school funding between affluent and property-poor districts. And, with evidence that money matters, especially for disadvantaged kids, something has to change.

Kennedy Park, 4, is in her second year of pre-K in Camden. All 3- and 4-year-old kids qualify for two years of preschool in New Jersey's lowest-income cities.

Taking On Poverty And Education In School Costs A Lot Of Money

5:39pm April 30, 2016

by Sarah Gonzalez

In 1997, the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered millions of dollars in additional funding to 31 of the poorest school districts in the state. Camden alone spends about $23,000 per student per year.

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Chances are that this crowd is more liberal than conservative.

Why Are Highly Educated Americans Getting More Liberal?

8:32am April 30, 2016

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Today, more than half of Americans who went to graduate school are liberal. Less than one in three were in 1994.

Police Arrest Tennessee Elementary School Students Over Off-Campus Fight

6:38pm April 29, 2016

by Blake Farmer

On Monday, police are set to explain why they arrested 10 children at an elementary school in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Parents say the kids were accused of not intervening during an off-campus fight. Some were led away in handcuffs. Now the community is doing a bit of soul-searching.

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What To Do When You're Stuck On A College Waitlist

3:43pm April 29, 2016

A college enrollment official and a former college admissions officer offer advice for the tens of thousands of students who won't find out until later in the summer if they've even been accepted.

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