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Dear Life Kit: Is it a faux pas to create a 'happy graduation' registry for myself?
October 31, 2024 • An NPR listener is graduating soon with her MBA. She wants to know if it's OK celebrate her achievement by asking loved ones to buy her gifts from a registry, similar to what people do for weddings.
Dear Life Kit: I need a gut check for a sticky situation
Ms. Meyers and her students begin to count the tallies after counting the ballots at Salt River Elementary School on October 22. Sharon Chischilly for NPR hide caption
In this school’s election, it’s pizza vs. chicken nuggets, with democracy as the winner
October 31, 2024 • At an Arizona tribal school, it's a fierce campaign to pick the top school lunch, as students learn about making their voice count
Kids at an Arizona tribal school learn about democracy with their own lunch vote
Members of the class of 2016 are presented with their degrees during the commencement ceremony at Howard University in May, 2016. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Interview highlights
Fewer black men are enrolling in hbcus. here's why and what's being done.
October 28, 2024 • The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976.
Starting Your Podcast: A Guide For Students
New to podcasting? Don't panic.
People gather at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center at A.C. Reynolds High School in Asheville, N.C.,, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. Makiya Seminera/AP hide caption
Schools in Asheville are reopening in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene
October 28, 2024 • After-school activities will still be suspended Monday and Tuesday.
University of Chicago student Rudra Patel happily shows off the work of famed artist Ando Hiroshige that he'll get to display in his dorm room for one year. Hiroshige was a master of Japanese woodblock printing whose work focused on landscapes and everyday life in Edo-period Japan. Alison Cuddy for NPR hide caption
Want a Picasso? UChicago students borrow original art for their dorms
October 26, 2024 • College students often use posters to help spruce up their dorm. At the University of Chicago, they get a chance to borrow works by prominent artists for a year.
University of Chicago students can borrow a real Picasso or Miro for their dorm room
Student podcast challenge, 2024 student podcast challenge honorable mentions.
October 24, 2024 • Here are the honorable mentions from the 2024 Student Podcast Challenge. Congratulations!
Matt and Emily Kayser of Westchester County, N.Y., visit Colby College in Maine for a campus tour in August. Sofia Aldinio/The Hechinger Report hide caption
Some colleges are targeting financial aid to middle-class families
Hechinger report.
October 24, 2024 • Many middle-income families are frustrated by the cost of higher education, feeling they earn too much for financial aid, but not enough to pay for it themselves.
Julie Beck earns roughly $20 an hour teaching in Head Start classrooms 10 months a year. “I'm paycheck to paycheck,” she says. Cory Turner/NPR hide caption
These teachers often live in poverty. A pay raise could help — but there’s a cost
October 23, 2024 • A new Biden administration effort to raise Head Start teacher wages could force the federally funded preschool program to serve fewer children.
Turner/Lee - HEAD START changes 2
Eden Alonso-Rivera of Grandville, Mich. is the Student Podcast Challenge 2024 high school winner for her podcast "A Relationship Behind Bars" about her father's incarceration. Alfield Reeves for NPR hide caption
'You're not alone:' A teen podcaster sends message to kids with incarcerated parents
October 14, 2024 • Eden Alonso-Rivera of Grandville, Mich. is the high school winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. Her winning entry, "A Relationship Behind Bars," is about her father's incarceration.
Turner/Lee - SPC HS Winner
A pro-Palestinian protester uses a bullhorn during a demonstration in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on April 22, 2024 in Berkeley, California Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
It's Been a Minute
Is the free speech debate dead plus, the devil.
October 11, 2024 • In anticipation of more pro-Palestinian protests, many college administrators rolled out new rules this fall that include getting pre-approval for posting flyers or hosting demonstrations. Brittany is joined by UC Irvine sociology professor David S. Meyer, who studies social movements and public policy, and Chronicle of Higher Education reporter Kate Hidalgo Bellows. They discuss the changes on campuses and how they tie into debates over free speech.
In 2020, Congress voted to overhaul the FAFSA, seen here in its old, paper form. The federal application's relaunch, in late 2023, came with a whole host of problems. Richard Stephen/Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption
Some students are fighting to stay in college after the FAFSA delayed financial aid
October 10, 2024 • Students had to make all kinds of decisions about college before knowing how much financial aid they would get. Now, some are scrambling to stay in school.
With FAFSA delayed again, students are uncertain about how to stay in school
Pro-Palestinian protestors rally at Brown University in April as their delegation met with school leaders on campus in Providence, R.I. Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Brown says no to pro-Palestinian students' demands for divestment
October 9, 2024 • Supporters of divestment ended their encampment last spring in exchange for a promise that their proposal for divestment would get a vote from the board this fall.
President Joe Biden speaks about student loan relief at Madison College in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 8. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Two major student loan grace periods are set to expire this week. Here's what to know
September 30, 2024 • Two federal programs that helped federal student loan borrowers ease back into payments are ending. It will have the biggest impact on borrowers with defaulted loans or borrowers who miss payments moving forward.
To combat misinformation, start with connection, not correction
September 30, 2024 • People trust information more when it comes from sources or contexts they’re familiar with. Help counter misinformation in your community by having conversations with your friends and family.
How to talk to your loved ones about misinformation
Student researchers Mayisha Alam (L) and Swazi Tshabalala (R) collect samples as part of their work with the nonprofit BioBus. Christine Marizzi/BioBus hide caption
Here are the high schoolers tracking the bird flu virus in New York City
September 30, 2024 • Most viruses that become epidemics in humans begin in other animals. It's how scientists suspect COVID-19 emerged. And now, less than five years after the start of the pandemic, some scientists are concerned about another disease that could do something similar: bird flu, or H5N1. Over the past year, the virus has spilled into cows and other animals — even infecting some people working closely with the animals. Some scientists hope to build a more resilient public health system by finding ways to detect and to track viruses as they spread in animals.
New investigations by the U.S. Government Accountability Office offer the fullest picture yet of why the revamped FAFSA had such a troubled launch. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
Watchdog sheds light on FAFSA fiasco, from a birthday bug to call center failures
September 24, 2024 • A new review and testimony from investigators with the U.S. Government Accountability Office offer the clearest picture yet of the aid form’s troubled rollout.
Turner/FAFSA updates
Patrick Hall at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pa. An investigation is underway at the college, where one student is no longer enrolled after being found liable in a case where a racial slur was carved on the chest of another student. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Student exits Gettysburg College after racial slur is carved on teammate
September 23, 2024 • Earlier this month, a Gettysburg College student used a box cutter to write a racial slur on another student's chest during a social gathering on campus. The incident is under campus investigation.
Tufts University Jumbos celebrate scoring during the Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship held at Lincoln Financial Field on May 26 in Philadelphia. Some Tufts lacrosse players were hospitalized after an intense workout last week. Larry French/NCAA Photos via Getty Images hide caption
Tufts University lacrosse players released after being hospitalized following workout
September 22, 2024 • Tufts University says the members of the men's lacrosse team who were diagnosed with a dangerous medical condition following a Sept. 16 workout have been discharged from the hospital.
The NPR College Podcast Challenge is back! LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
Announcing NPR's fourth annual College Podcast Challenge
September 20, 2024 • NPR's national podcasting contest for college students is now open for entries. Submit for a chance to win the $5,000 grand prize. Deadline is January 10.
Black girls had the highest rates of so-called "exclusionary discipline," such as suspensions and expulsions, according to a new report from the GAO. Above, school busses sit at a service yard last year in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Exclusive: Watchdog finds Black girls face more frequent, severe discipline in school
September 19, 2024 • The Government Accountability Office found that Black girls received nearly half of the most severe punishments, like expulsion, even though they represent only 15% of girls in public schools.
Code Switch
Fighting back on book bans.
September 18, 2024 • B.A. Parker brings us around the country to see what access to books is looking like for students in Texas, librarians in Idaho and her own high school English teacher in Pennsylvania.
Navient, one of the country’s largest student loan servicers, has reached a $120 million settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — resulting in the company being permanently banned from servicing federal student loans. Getty Images hide caption
Navient reaches $120 million settlement for misleading student loan borrowers
September 12, 2024 • According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, $100 million will be used to make payments to impacted borrowers in a settlement with the former servicer of student loans.
A young woman vapes an electronic cigarette. Some districts are installing high-tech vape detectors to alert school officials if students are using e-cigarettes. whitebalance.oatt/Getty Images hide caption
Schools are putting vape detectors in bathrooms -- paid for by Juul
September 12, 2024 • Some districts are using money from a $1.7 billion legal settlement against e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs to pay for the high-tech devices. But there are critics and also privacy concerns.
Schools are putting vape detectors in bathrooms — paid for by Juul
Indiana's cellphone ban means less school drama. But students miss their headphones
September 10, 2024 • Weeks into a new school year, students miss being able to listen to music, but teachers say the cellphone ban is making their jobs easier.
How Indiana's school cell phone ban is playing out
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
Rose Horowitch November 2024
Lighthouse Parents Have More Confident Kids
Sometimes, the best thing a parent can do is nothing at all.
Russell Shaw September 22, 2024
How School Drop-Off Became a Nightmare
More parents are driving kids than ever before. The result is mayhem.
Kendra Hurley September 16, 2024
The Man Who Died for the Liberal Arts
In 1942, aboard ship and heading for war, a young sailor—my uncle—wrote a letter home, describing and defining the principles he was fighting for.
David M. Shribman May 2024
Donald Trump vs. American History
He has promised to impose his harmful, erroneous claims on school curricula in a second term.
Clint Smith January/February 2024
Donald Trump contra la historia estadounidense
Ha prometido imponer sus afirmaciones dañinas y erróneas en los planes de estudios escolares en un segundo mandato.
Clint Smith December 6, 2023
How Reconstruction Created American Public Education
Freedpeople and their advocates persuaded the nation to embrace schooling for all.
Adam Harris December 2023
Parent Diplomacy Is Overwhelming Teachers
And it’s only getting worse.
Sarah Chaves September 18, 2023
Is Holocaust Education Making Anti-Semitism Worse?
Using dead Jews as symbols isn’t helping living ones.
Dara Horn May 2023
Special Ed Shouldn’t Be Separate
Isolating kids from their peers is unjust.
Julie Kim March 6, 2023
American Family Policy Is Holding Schools Back
A child’s ability to succeed in the classroom is powerfully influenced by their home environment. Giving parents the support they need could be key to fixing American education.
Stephanie H. Murray September 28, 2022
Why Adults Still Dream About School
Long after graduation, anxiety in waking life often drags dreamers back into the classroom.
Kelly Conaboy September 22, 2022
Gen Z Never Learned to Read Cursive
How will they interpret the past?
Drew Gilpin Faust October 2022
Redshirt the Boys
Why boys should start school a year later than girls
Richard V. Reeves October 2022
The Problem With Kindergarten
Early education is vital. So why aren’t students guaranteed access to it?
Keija Parssinen September 9, 2022
The State Finally Letting Teens Sleep In
Adolescents in the U.S. are chronically sleep-deprived, in part because most schools start too early. This summer, California will become the first state in the nation to require later start times.
Lisa L. Lewis June 8, 2022
Students Should Refuse to Go Back to School
Despite the hopelessness after Uvalde, we’re closer to understanding the kind of social movement that might actually affect gun reform.
Gal Beckerman May 31, 2022
10 Years After Sandy Hook, Here We Are Again
I wish I could tell the people of Uvalde that they will be the last mourners. But in the decade since the Newtown shooting, we’ve refused to answer the question of what it would take to actually change something.
Carol Ann Davis May 25, 2022
Speech Therapy Shows the Difficult Trade-Offs of Wearing Masks
All parents of young children have been forced to gamble during the pandemic. Many parents of kids with speech disorders don’t like their odds.
Stephanie H. Murray March 2, 2022
Book Bans Are Targeting the History of Oppression
The possibility of a more just future is at stake when young people are denied access to knowledge of the past.
Marilisa Jiménez Garcia February 2, 2022
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