Education

Low Graduation Rates Among Black Athletes

6:25am March 16, 2016

A new study shows black male athletes are completing college at significantly lower rates. Renee Montagne speaks to Kevin Blackistone, a "Washington Post" sport columnist, to examine this pervasive problem.

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In Alabama, Teachers School Lawmakers

6:29pm March 15, 2016

by Dan Carsen

The 2016 Teacher of the Year in that state decided it was about time the people who write the laws that affect schools actually see the inside of a classroom.

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Bernie Sanders Says He Opposes Private Charter Schools. What Does That Mean?

8:14am March 15, 2016

by Anya Kamenetz

In some ways, all charters are public schools. But there are debates about how they're managed — and who should run them.

Turmoil Behind The Scenes At A Nationally Lauded High School

6:01pm March 14, 2016

by Anya Kamenetz

The early college model known as P-TECH, a six-year program combining high school and an associate degree, has been copied all over the country but is still a hotly contested work in progress.

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Asia Leads The World In The Feat Of Reciting Thousands Of Pi Digits

3:51pm March 14, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

Forget pie and pizza. The real way to celebrate the beauty of 3.14 is by reciting the most pi decimal points.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez visits the site of Treehaven — the school where he taught so many years ago, just outside Tucson, Ariz.

Lessons From The School Where I Failed As A Teacher

10:51am March 14, 2016

by Claudio Sanchez

For years, NPR's Claudio Sanchez has struggled with his decision to leave teaching and the children he had grown so fond of.

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Artifacts on display at Marietta College.

How Low Oil Prices Are Changing Career Plans At An Ohio College

5:00pm March 12, 2016

by Noah Adams

Students come from all over the world to study petroleum engineering in southern Ohio and Marietta College. In the past nearly every graduate had a good job. Not any more.

Paramedic Phil Salamone carries naloxone, a drug used to reverse an opioid overdose.

A Small Town Wonders What To Do When Heroin Is 'Everywhere'

9:30am March 12, 2016

by Melissa Block

In Kutztown, Pa., school nurses stock naloxone to treat heroin overdoses. "Kids aren't afraid of it," a guidance counselor says. "It's available and it's cheap."

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Student connecting dots of constellations in the sky

How Adults Can Encourage Kids To Be Original Thinkers

7:00am March 12, 2016

by Elissa Nadworny

In Adam Grant's book, Originals, he writes that taking risks and embracing curiosity can lead to original ideas. So how can teachers and parents use his findings to help their kids be more creative?

The iconic clock tower and library at University of California, Berkeley. The University of California system, especially Berkeley, has a stormy history around free speech and spying by the federal government.

At Calif. Campuses, A Test For Free Speech, Privacy And Cybersecurity

8:11pm March 11, 2016

by Laura Sydell

The University of California president, former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, secretly ordered data monitoring across the system after hackers broke into the UCLA medical center.

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