The number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it’s been since 1976. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: The absolute number of Black men enrolled at historically Black colleges and universities is the lowest it’s been since 1976. That’s according to recent analysis from the American Institute for Boys and Men,…
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In Louisiana, more than 100,000 students are using an AI tutor that is helping to raise reading scores. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Artificial intelligence has raised concerns among some school leaders about students using it to cheat, but some teachers are excited about the technology. More than a hundred thousand students in Louisiana are using an…
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 toggle caption Sharon Chischilly for NPR The library at Salt River Elementary School is anything but silent on a recent Tuesday morning. There’s blaring patriotic music from…
Kids at a tribal school in Arizona are preparing for their own election to determine their favorite school lunch: pizza or chicken nuggets? And they’re learning about democracy along the way. AILSA CHANG, HOST: As the swing state of Arizona prepares for a national election, the students of Salt River Elementary School have their own…
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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 toggle caption…
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Here are the honorable mentions from the 2024 Student Podcast Challenge. Listen to our fourth grade winners here; the middle school grand prize winner here; and our high school grand prize winner here. Thanks again to students, teachers and mentors for being a part of our annual contest! And a special shout out to those…
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 toggle caption Cory Turner/NPR Sitting at a blueberry blue table in a Head Start classroom in Pullman, Mich., about an hour south of Grand Rapids, preschool teacher Julie Beck…
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Students in western North Carolina have been dealing with a lot of trauma since the devastating flooding following Hurricane Helene. Teachers are trying to help them cope. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Many schools in western North Carolina have yet to resume normal operations because of extensive damage that Hurricane Helene caused three weeks ago. Some places,…
Nearly a fifth of Utah public school students are Hispanic. An outreach effort to Spanish-speaking parents in one district has boosted their involvement, which now surpasses that of English speakers. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: If you have kids in school then you know how important it is to check in with their teachers from time to…
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 toggle caption Alfield Reeves for NPR Eden Alonso-Rivera told herself, I have nothing to lose. The 16-year-old junior at Grandville High School in Grandville,…
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