NPR Topics: Education Podcast

Stories: 1) Commission's Report Outlines Education Priorities 2) Educators Brace For Sequestration 3) Colleges Prepare For Automatic Federal Budget Cuts 4) Students Vote To Drop 'Redskins'

Stories: 1) Is The Call For Universal Pre-Kindergarten Warranted? 2) Cyberbullying Law Shields Teachers From Student Tormentors 3) University Housing Model Could Help Veterans 4) Some 'Cyber Schools' Falling Short Of Their Sales Pitch

Stories: 1) Rise Early And Shine: Teachers And Students Try Out Longer School Days 2) Boys Are At The Back Of The Class 3) White House Economist: Investing In Pre-K Education Now Saves Money Later 4) Scorecard Guides Prospective Students With College Choices

Stories: 1) Study Says Many College Students Underemployed After Graduation 2) African Americans Fly High With Math And Science 3) College: How To Do More Than Just 'Get By'

Stories: 1) Amid Gun Debate, What Will Actually Protect Kids? 2) Finding Learning Tools In Digital Footprints 3) Lockdowns The Norm For Schools With Frequent Threats 4) Topping College Graduate Rates, Is It Worth It?

Stories: 1) UNC To Open Masters Program To Special Forces Medics 2) New Reading Standards Aim To Prep Kids For College — But At What Cost? 3) Study: Latino Children Make Up For Academic Shortcomings With Strong Social Skills

Stories: 1) Has Obama Leveled The Economic Playing Field? 2) Seattle High School's Teachers Toss District's Test

Stories: 1) 2 Pi: Rhymes And Radii 2) Promoting Hinduism? Parents Demand Removal Of School Yoga Class 3) Districts Train Teachers For School Shootings 4) Lessons From 30 Years Of Education Reporting

Stories: 1) How 'Deferred Action' Will Affect Classrooms 2) Pa. Governor Sues NCAA Over Penn State Sanctions 3) For Many Kids, Winter Break Means Hungry Holidays

Story: With the rise of the do-it-yourself movement, more groups are springing up to encourage kids to link crafts and science. Modeled on more traditional Scouting groups, kids and their parents meet up in tool-filled "hacker spaces" to build electronics and get creative.

Stories: 1) In California, Parents Trigger Change At Failing School 2) Why A Principal Created His Own Currency 3) Alan Alda's Challenge to Scientists: What is Time? 4) Teenager's Faith At Odds With Locator Tags In School IDs

Stories: 1) School District Owes $1 Billion On $100 Million Loan 2) Conflicts, Errors Revealed In Positive Fracking Study 3) More Teachers 'Flipping' The School Day Upside Down 4) Berkeley Receives $1M For Undocumented Students

Stories: 1) Pencils Down? French Plan Would End Homework 2) Pigtails For Peace 3) Day To Get Longer At Some Low-Performing Schools 4) Online Courses Force Changes To Higher Education

Stories: 1) Math En Masse: Teaching Online For Free 2) Educators Worry Revamped GED Will Be Too Pricey 3) As Colleges Retool Aid, Can Entry Stay Need-Blind?

Stories: 1) Fingerprint Scans Create Unease For Poor Parents 2) Online Courses Keep Grades Up, Athletes In Play 3) What's The Big Idea? Pentagon Agency Backs Student Tinkerers To Find Out 4) There's Oil On Them Thar Campuses!