NPR Topics: Education Podcast
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Podcasts:
Stories: 1) Firestorm Erupts Over Virginia's Education Goals 2) Struggle For Smarts? How Eastern And Western Cultures Tackle Learning
Stories: 1) A Lesson In Making Math Cool For Girls 2) Is A Law Degree Still Worth It? 3) Some New York City Students Head Back To School
Story: Georgia bans undocumented students from attending some of the most prestigious colleges in the state, and the students have to pay out-of-state tuition at other public colleges. Freedom University is a temporary alternative. Students don't get any official credit, but they do get to learn.
Stories: 1) Despite Protest, College Plans To Slaughter, Serve Farm's Beloved Oxen 2) Twitter "Saturday School" For Teachers
Stories: 1) School Choice: A Subject Both Candidates Support 2) Can College Students Handle Their Own Finances? 3) Contraception, Pell Grants 'In Context' After Debate
Stories: 1) Tell Me More: Education Special and Twitter Forum 2) At U. Of Texas, A Melting Pot Not Fully Blended 3) Justices Return To Affirmative Action In Higher Ed
Stories: 1) New Wave Of School Integration In Birmingham, Ala. 2) Parsing Fact From Fiction In 'Won't Back Down' 3) Ole Miss Students Look Back At Integration
Stories: 1) FAMU's Town Hall Calls For Hazing To Be Reported 2) At School, Overweight Children Carry A Heavy Burden 3) Duncan On Chicago: 'When Adults Fight, Kids Lose'
Stories: 1) End Of Chicago Strike Near, But Questions Remain 2) New School Year Brings Tough Lessons In Spain 3) Teachers' Expectations Can Influence How Students Perform 4) Chicago Teachers Strike Heads Into Week 2
Stories: 1) Recess In Chicago? Strike Threat Draws National Eyes 2) Some Ga. Schools Make Mandarin Mandatory 3) Chicago Teachers May Strike, Teach Political Lesson 4) College Course Lumps Homosexuality, Rape, Murder
Stories: 1) Norwalk, Ct., Schools Avert Budget Crisis 2) Florida Schools In Session, But Teachers Absent 3) Possible Harvard Cheating Scandal Nets 125 Students 4) What's A Charter School If Not A Game Changer?
Stories: 1) At Penn State, New Students Weigh Stigma Of Scandal 2) Online University For All Balances Big Goals, Expensive Realities
Stories: 1) Head Start To Absentee Dads: Please Come Back 2) Student Loans Can Dent Retirees' Social Security 3) At This Camp, Kids Learn To Question Authority (And Hack It) 4) Teen Pregnancy Declines, But U.S. Still Lags
Stories: 1) Tax Credit Scholarships Reignite Voucher Debate 2) University Of Georgia To Honor First Black Graduate 3) An Inner-City School With Gallery-Like Halls 4) For Undocumented Youth, New Policy Carries Risks
Story: Many are asking if University of Colorado officials should have known that former student James Holmes, the suspect in the Aurora, Colo., shootings, was potentially dangerous. Schools nationwide are evaluating how they respond to threats, and grappling with limits on what they can do to prevent such tragedies.