Education
Let’s stop talking about the ’30 million word gap’
NPR talked to eight researchers to explore this controversy. All of them say they share the goal of helping poor kids achieve their highest potential in school.
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Delaware education secretary reverses course on school transgender policy
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Listen 2:03N.J. lawmakers question teachers union on undercover videos
Videos from a conservative group appear to show two union reps bragging about their ability to keep teachers on the job after unseemly, or even illegal, conduct.
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Walmart offers employees new perk: Cheap access to college
Walmart is subsidizing the cost of tuition, books and fees, eliminating the need for student loans.
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The conflicting educations of Sam Schimmel
More than 50 years after the government forced hundreds of Native Alaskans into boarding schools, their descendants are haunted by and trying to overcome residual trauma.
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New Jersey considers statewide policy against nepotism in schools
Garden State lawmakers already are prohibited from hiring relatives.
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Say anything: Inside a writing assignment gone right in North Philadelphia
A second-year English teacher in the Olney section of North Philadelphia gave up control and gave her students the space to open up. To their own surprise, they did.
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Listen 3:08University of Delaware’s barrier-breaking provost cites opportunities, challenges
Robin Morgan is making history as the first woman to become the permanent provost, the No. 2 post, at the University of Delaware.
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For troubled kids, some schools take time out for group therapy
In Australia, Canada and the U.K., social and emotional learning in schools is already being implemented on a large scale. Here in the U.S. it has spread, but not as quickly.
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State grants for Pa. college students remain steady, but face uncertain future
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Air Date: May 24, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:55Pa. lawmakers want to reform school construction program, but funding remains a question
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Pa. lawmakers advance redistricting reforms as June deadline looms
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Fiercely contested school choice bill on the move in Harrisburg
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For these Delaware students, robotics is ‘getting them to see the future’
Walking through Dickinson High School, one can't help but notice the two fluorescent yellow mechanical creatures.
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