Category: Education

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona talks with NPR’s Juana Summers about what went wrong and what went right in his department during the Biden administration. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: The last four years have been rocky for the Department of Education. K through 12 students who returned to school after pandemic closures suffered record levels of…

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Jose Centeno hands food to LAUSD student Jesus Sanchez at Hollenbeck Middle School on Friday, Jan. 10. Jireh Deng for NPR hide caption toggle caption Jireh Deng for NPR More than 600,000 students in and around Los Angeles have had their schooling disrupted by the historic fires this week. School districts across the region started…

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Kellen Hedler’s classroom aid, Parker Van Buskirk, checks in with Kellen as he works on an assignment. Kellen is largely independent throughout the school day, but Van Buskirk is available in case he needs help. Katrina Ward for NPR hide caption toggle caption Katrina Ward for NPR Kellen Hedler, 11, is outgoing and gregarious. He…

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Colleges and universities collectively experienced a 15% decline in enrollment between 2010 and 2021, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Photo illustration by Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report images via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Photo illustration by Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report images via Getty Images Pickup trucks with trailers and cars with…

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Some colleges are advising foreign students who’re leaving the U.S. over the holidays to return before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20th. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: With the second Trump administration set to begin in a few weeks, international college students are facing a difficult decision. Should they return home for winter break? And…

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Matthew Atha does steel work at Ironworkers Local 29 during an apprenticeship in Dayton, Ohio. Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images Joey Cook was 17 and a junior in high school when he heard about a way to learn a profession while getting paid: by landing an…

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In the 1970s, a landmark federal law gave children with disabilities a right to a free, public education, and offered federal money to help. Today, many schools say that money isn’t enough. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For a long time, children with disabilities had pretty dismal prospects when it came to schooling. Many were simply forced…

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Former foster youth earn degrees at a lower rate compared with the general population. A program in Virginia is trying to change that. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: People who grew up in foster care earn college degrees at rates far lower than the general population. A program in Virginia for former foster youth aims to change…

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At Cornell University, one professor is helping students navigate their emotions about climate change by learning about food. Rebecca Redelmeier/WSKG hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Redelmeier/WSKG More than 50% of youth in the United States are very or extremely worried about climate change, according to a recent survey in the scientific journal The Lancet. The…

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Students with certain disabilities are often excluded from general education classrooms. Two children with Down syndrome show what can be gained from more inclusion. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: More and more students with disabilities are learning alongside their non-disabled peers in school, but that depends on the disability. Federal data shows students with certain severe disabilities…

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