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Facing uncertain futures, high school seniors weigh tough college options and alternate paths

May 14, 2020

00:17:28

Listeners tell us how they're adapting to at-home education

May 7, 2020

00:14:01

Is learning to read a constitutional right?

April 30, 2020

00:22:03

A few silver linings emerge in a dark time of closed schools

April 23, 2020

00:19:30

'Everything has changed': A look at K-12 education under coronavirus

April 16, 2020

00:16:46

College in the time of coronavirus

April 9, 2020

00:28:19

What good is a history major?

April 2, 2020

00:19:14

Graduation rate for Native students surges at the University of Minnesota

March 26, 2020

00:20:39

Black girl, white college

March 19, 2020

00:29:11

College administrators struggle with whether to close their classrooms in response to COVID-19

March 14, 2020

00:27:35

A conundrum for student advocates: change their school or change society?

March 12, 2020

00:27:59

At some HBCUs, enrollment rises from surprising applicants

March 5, 2020

00:24:39

With more students demanding action on climate change, teachers try to keep up

Feb. 27, 2020

00:22:29

Reading update: Experts say widely used reading curriculum is failing kids

Jan. 27, 2020

00:35:15

New salvos in the battles over reading instruction

Dec. 20, 2019

00:46:21

National assessment shows more K-12 students struggling to read

Nov. 1, 2019

00:25:29

A conversation with Emily Hanford on reading instruction in the U.S.

Oct. 24, 2019

00:42:08

Ditching the lecture for active learning

Sept. 19, 2019

00:18:25

How colleges are mishandling racial tensions on campus

Sept. 12, 2019

00:22:48

As colleges navigate inclusion and free speech, students of color work to find their own way

Sept. 12, 2019

00:22:48

Flagship universities don't reflect their state's diversity

Sept. 5, 2019

00:22:42

The Bond Buster

Aug. 29, 2019

00:37:15

At a Loss for Words: What's wrong with how schools teach reading

Aug. 22, 2019

00:52:31

Students on the Move: Keeping uprooted kids in school

Aug. 14, 2019

00:51:56

Under a Watchful Eye: How colleges are tracking students to boost graduation

Aug. 6, 2019

00:51:58

Tens of thousands of dollars later, most college grads say the degree was worth it

March 11, 2019

00:10:53

Majority of Americans don't know that government has cut billions from higher education funding

Feb. 25, 2019

00:11:28

U.S. continues to slip behind other countries in percentage of population with degrees

Jan. 28, 2019

00:11:43

Oklahoma charter school becomes lightning rod in debate over rural education

Dec. 17, 2018

00:20:03

Hundreds of thousands of people could lose their legal status. One hopes to graduate with his college degree first

Dec. 3, 2018

00:16:36

Despite decades of pledging to hire more black faculty, most universities didn't

Nov. 5, 2018

00:13:18

As they lose customers, universities try expanding the menu

Oct. 22, 2018

00:11:10

In the fight over Kavanaugh, echoes of a battle being waged on college campuses nationwide

Oct. 8, 2018

00:24:13

Poverty, perseverance and a PhD

Sept. 24, 2018

00:20:02

Hard Words: Why Aren't Our Kids Being Taught to Read?

Sept. 10, 2018

00:52:45

Old Idea, New Economy: Rediscovering Apprenticeships

Sept. 3, 2018

00:52:46

Still Rising: First-Generation College Students a Decade Later

Aug. 27, 2018

00:52:11

Changing Class: Are Colleges Helping Americans Move Up?

Aug. 20, 2018

00:52:36

School on the move

Aug. 13, 2018

00:22:01

Edged out of the middle class, teachers are walking out

July 30, 2018

00:16:55

State financial aid money dries up before many low-income college students get help

July 16, 2018

00:14:14

Louisiana ends policy that held thousands of students back a grade or more

June 15, 2018

00:16:01

Liberal arts face uncertain future at nation's universities

June 4, 2018

00:19:33

Giving parents more freedom to choose doesn't guarantee better schools

May 21, 2018

00:18:29

'I never want to be in a neighborhood where I'm shot at again'

May 7, 2018

00:32:07

Are America's colleges promoting social mobility?

April 23, 2018

00:20:47

Schools prove soft targets for hackers

April 9, 2018

00:20:24

High schools push few students with disabilities to consider college

March 26, 2018

00:15:39

Is the trauma of training for a school shooter worth it?

March 12, 2018

00:22:02

A college degree, or your money back

Feb. 26, 2018

00:13:52

Overwhelmed by student debt, many low-income students drop out

Feb. 12, 2018

00:17:44

High school football makes a comeback in New Orleans

Jan. 29, 2018

00:16:47

Nearly 1 in 5 female college students are single moms

Jan. 15, 2018

00:12:51

History of civil rights movement gets short shrift in Mississippi classrooms

Dec. 18, 2017

00:18:00

Rural students are the least likely to go to college

Dec. 4, 2017

00:16:25

Yoga and dogs bring calm to school for troubled kids

Nov. 20, 2017

00:14:27

Some prisons trying to maintain college education

Nov. 6, 2017

00:54:27

Mr. Rodriguez is undocumented and unafraid

Oct. 23, 2017

00:16:11

Resegregation in Alabama

Oct. 9, 2017

00:16:16

How alumni revived a dying college

Sept. 25, 2017

00:14:08

Shadow Class: College Dreamers in Trump's America

Sept. 11, 2017

00:52:24

Hard to Read: How American schools fail kids with dyslexia

Sept. 11, 2017

00:51:51

Shackled Legacy: Universities and the Slave Trade

Sept. 4, 2017

00:51:39

Keeping Teachers

Aug. 28, 2017

00:51:47

'The oldest not-18-year-old'

Aug. 7, 2017

00:11:26

Segregation's Back

July 21, 2017

00:54:32

What children in food deserts do during the summer

July 10, 2017

00:12:00

When a diploma means more than just 'seat time'

June 26, 2017

00:16:46

College is a leap of faith - and funds - for first-generation students

June 12, 2017

00:18:30

'All they wanted to do was get an education'

May 30, 2017

00:23:22

Making room for poor kids at rich schools

May 16, 2017

00:20:54

A public school that's just for immigrants

May 2, 2017

00:16:38

Is free college free?

April 18, 2017

00:14:53

Kids with dyslexia are not getting what they need in American public schools

April 4, 2017

00:22:33

Immigration enforcement has DACA students on edge

March 21, 2017

00:12:37

Improving the odds for young black men

March 7, 2017

00:09:05

Protecting the legacy of HBCUs

March 2, 2017

00:53:20

Reforming School Discipline

Feb. 17, 2017

00:51:59

The great equalizer

Feb. 9, 2017

00:28:08

'Dick and Jane were not my friends'

Feb. 2, 2017

00:16:18

The View From Room 205

Jan. 26, 2017

01:00:21

Chinese students ponder Trump

Jan. 19, 2017

00:13:43

What Betsy DeVos might bring to the Department of Education

Jan. 12, 2017

00:12:56

High achievers left behind

Jan. 5, 2017

00:13:33

Detroit students sue for better school conditions

Dec. 22, 2016

00:12:28

School confronts trauma in students' lives

Dec. 16, 2016

00:13:29

Offering sanctuary to vulnerable students

Dec. 8, 2016

00:11:04

Keeping black teachers

Dec. 1, 2016

00:15:09

Fear, uncertainty for undocumented students under Trump administration

Nov. 17, 2016

00:08:23

College-educated and out-of-touch

Nov. 10, 2016

00:10:18

Election leaves undocumented students in limbo

Nov. 3, 2016

00:17:15

Clinton and Trump don't talk much about education

Oct. 27, 2016

00:12:08

The stress of racism may impact learning

Oct. 20, 2016

00:11:40

Talking about race in schools

Oct. 13, 2016

00:14:14

Schools give low-income students a chance to travel abroad

Oct. 7, 2016

00:13:11

What a flipped classroom looks like

Sept. 29, 2016

00:09:02

A new study finds school readiness gaps have declined over the past decade

Sept. 23, 2016

00:11:08

How thousands of kids were denied special education in Texas

Sept. 15, 2016

00:14:47

Rewriting the Sentence: College Behind Bars

Sept. 8, 2016

00:52:09

What It Takes: Chasing Graduation at High-Poverty High Schools

Sept. 1, 2016

00:52:01

Spare the Rod: Reforming School Discipline

Aug. 25, 2016

00:52:07

Stuck at Square One: The Remedial Education Trap

Aug. 18, 2016

00:51:46

Hungry hungry students

Aug. 11, 2016

00:07:33

What is restorative justice?

Aug. 4, 2016

00:13:25

A homeless student struggles towards graduation

July 28, 2016

00:13:46

The facts and fictions of student debt

July 21, 2016

00:14:02

Race in suburban schools

July 14, 2016

00:16:04

Going to college in prison

July 7, 2016

00:14:02

Few teachers, little money, low test scores: Rural schools in the South

June 30, 2016

00:13:06

Merging small, rural school districts

June 23, 2016

00:11:36

Fighting for ‘our school’

June 17, 2016

00:22:17

How do we learn better: digital or print?

June 9, 2016

00:13:09

Theological schools feel the squeeze

June 2, 2016

00:10:15

The ‘invisible tax’ on teachers of color

May 26, 2016

00:12:15

Should colleges teach men how to be men?

May 5, 2016

00:11:22

‘My frain is bried’: shadowing a student

April 28, 2016

00:12:05

High school job prep

April 21, 2016

00:11:49

How tutoring helps students

April 14, 2016

00:10:58

Is advanced math necessary?

April 7, 2016

00:10:21

Decoding the math myth

March 31, 2016

00:28:21

Writing discipline reform into law

March 24, 2016

00:12:16

The science gap starts early

March 17, 2016

00:10:22

Minnesota’s graduation gap

March 10, 2016

00:30:01

A brief history of school discipline

March 3, 2016

00:19:22

Colleges want smart AND nice

Feb. 25, 2016

00:13:12

What students in remedial english can teach us about K-12 education

Feb. 18, 2016

00:22:41

Making sure learning sticks

Feb. 12, 2016

00:12:44

When school vouchers are not a leg up

Feb. 4, 2016

00:12:02

Learning financial literacy

Jan. 28, 2016

00:10:45

Questioning inequalities in higher ed

Jan. 21, 2016

00:11:29

Learning as a science

Jan. 15, 2016

00:15:38

Where are the student voices in ed reform?

Jan. 7, 2016

00:11:16

Most likely to succeed

Dec. 24, 2015

00:19:24

Siblings and the education gender gap

Dec. 17, 2015

00:09:11

Where budding chefs learn philosophy, too

Dec. 10, 2015

00:13:41

Letting kids fail

Dec. 3, 2015

00:19:02

Inside school discipline in Mississippi

Nov. 25, 2015

00:13:31

Building bridges between the Western and Arab worlds

Nov. 19, 2015

00:12:33

Inside Oyler: a conversation with Amy Scott

Nov. 11, 2015

00:22:37

Learning to breathe

Oct. 29, 2015

00:12:47

Is the growth mindset craze overblown?

Oct. 22, 2015

00:20:18

Helping students adopt a ‘growth mindset’

Oct. 15, 2015

00:06:34

The rising cost of extracurriculars

Oct. 8, 2015

00:17:59

Wikipedia’s bum rap

Oct. 1, 2015

00:10:38

A visit from the Church Lady

Sept. 25, 2015

00:28:57

Teaching black lives matter

Sept. 17, 2015

00:09:23

Beyond the Blackboard: Building Character in Public Schools

Sept. 10, 2015

00:52:50

From Boots to Books: Student Veterans and the New GI Bill

Sept. 3, 2015

00:52:52

Teaching Teachers

Aug. 27, 2015

00:52:51

The Living Legacy: Black Colleges in the 21st Century

Aug. 20, 2015

00:52:58

From the Archives: Early Lessons

Aug. 7, 2015

00:53:00

Goodbye, College Ratings (For Now)

July 30, 2015

00:12:12

Sweet Briar Returns

July 23, 2015

00:06:56

The Future of Historically Black Colleges

July 15, 2015

00:12:03

Talking About Race in Schools

July 7, 2015

00:13:17

Minorities and Special Ed

July 2, 2015

00:11:30

Learning from Video Games

June 23, 2015

00:13:57

Teaching the Birds and the Bees

June 17, 2015

00:18:04

What can Japan teach us about teaching?

June 11, 2015

00:15:02

Million-Dollar Teacher

June 2, 2015

00:14:48

Divestment on Campus

May 28, 2015

00:13:16

Can how you move change how you think?

May 20, 2015

00:13:43

Forest Schools

May 12, 2015

00:33:40

Exposing Conditions at Native Schools

May 6, 2015

00:13:07

Green Teachers

April 29, 2015

00:16:56

The First Gen Movement

April 22, 2015

00:11:06

The Lost Children of Katrina

April 15, 2015

00:08:34

Saving a Women’s College from Closure

April 8, 2015

00:11:40

The Future of College

April 1, 2015

00:11:31

The End of College or the University of Everywhere

March 25, 2015

00:15:03

UnRetirement

March 18, 2015

00:13:25

The Test

March 11, 2015

00:28:45

An Administrator Responds to Adjunct Protests

March 4, 2015

00:11:28

Adjuncts Unite

Feb. 25, 2015

00:12:01

To Test or Not to Test?

Feb. 19, 2015

00:17:49

Looking back: An Imperfect Revolution

Feb. 11, 2015

00:52:52

Are HBCUs the Key to Producing More African American Physicians?

Feb. 4, 2015

00:09:27

Boosting Black Male Student Achievement

Jan. 28, 2015

00:11:29

Free Community College for All

Jan. 22, 2015

00:08:49

What’s in a number?

Jan. 14, 2015

00:13:53

Following the Money in Education Philanthropy

Jan. 5, 2015

00:13:02

Rising prices on the poorest

Dec. 16, 2014

00:11:25

How Much Will College Cost My Family?

Dec. 8, 2014

00:13:34

Bridging the “Middle Skills” Gap

Dec. 1, 2014

00:13:51

Academic Fraud and College Athletics

Nov. 24, 2014

00:11:39

The Utility of a PhD

Nov. 17, 2014

00:09:32

How to help students hope

Oct. 27, 2014

00:12:28

What teachers need

Oct. 14, 2014

00:14:39

Intelligence is achievable and other lessons from The Teacher Wars

Oct. 7, 2014

00:15:03

Teaching: The most embattled profession

Oct. 1, 2014

00:14:40

Video games: New literacy for a complex world

Sept. 24, 2014

00:12:12

Ed researchers: Colleges can do more for students, especially in a bad economy

Sept. 18, 2014

00:09:58

Ready to Work: Reviving Vocational Ed

Sept. 11, 2014

00:53:00

The New Face of College

Sept. 4, 2014

00:52:59

Greater Expectations: The Challenge of the Common Core

Aug. 28, 2014

00:53:01

The Science of Smart

Aug. 21, 2014

00:53:00

Reinventing college for a new kind of student

Aug. 4, 2014

00:10:38

Is school funding fair?

July 29, 2014

00:09:30

Who Needs College?

July 22, 2014

00:13:24

Unionizing Adjuncts

July 15, 2014

00:13:10

Kids and Data Mining

July 8, 2014

00:11:52

Inside the Common Core: Math

July 1, 2014

00:08:47

Inside the Common Core: ELA

June 24, 2014

00:09:57

Military-Friendly Campuses

June 17, 2014

00:08:38

Is Coding Fundamental?

June 10, 2014

00:10:10

Sexual Assault on Campus

June 3, 2014

00:10:02

The Education Gender Gap

May 27, 2014

00:08:00

College Bang for the Buck

May 20, 2014

00:11:54

The Kalamazoo Promise

May 13, 2014

00:10:41

Degrees of Inequality

May 6, 2014

00:09:24

Navigating the Financial Aid System

April 29, 2014

00:05:22

Yes We Must

April 22, 2014

00:09:10

School Counseling Crisis

April 15, 2014

00:09:25

Problem-Solving Skills and Jobs

April 8, 2014

00:09:26

Holding Online Schools Accountable

April 1, 2014

00:11:49

Don’t Wake a Sleeping Teenager

March 25, 2014

00:09:56

The Attainment Agenda

March 18, 2014

00:08:18

The SAT Gets Revamped

March 11, 2014

00:07:30

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Struggle to Compete

March 4, 2014

00:11:00

Remaking Education

Feb. 25, 2014

00:12:22

Snow Days and Test Scores

Feb. 18, 2014

00:06:15

Helping Community College Students Graduate

Feb. 11, 2014

00:10:45

Can Teach for America Keep Its Promise?

Feb. 4, 2014

00:12:53

Does Teach for America Need Reforming?

Jan. 28, 2014

00:09:50

Improving Teacher Ed

Jan. 21, 2014

00:12:33

A Conservative Defends Common Core

Jan. 14, 2014

00:14:14

This College Breaks the Mold

Jan. 7, 2014

00:11:19

Talking to Baby

Dec. 31, 2013

00:08:51

Invent to Learn

Dec. 24, 2013

00:12:31

College Un-Affordability

Dec. 17, 2013

00:13:34

The United States gets a “C”

Dec. 10, 2013

00:08:46

Competency-Based Education

Dec. 3, 2013

00:06:40

College in High School

Nov. 26, 2013

00:10:37

Measuring School Improvement

Nov. 19, 2013

00:17:24

Grouping Kids by Ability: Drawbacks

Nov. 12, 2013

00:12:18

Grouping Kids by Ability: Benefits

Nov. 5, 2013

00:10:26

Trey Kay’s “The Long Game: Texas’ Ongoing Battle for the Direction of the Classroom”

Oct. 29, 2013

00:54:57

Adult Literacy Around the World

Oct. 22, 2013

00:09:20

James Meredith’s Education Mission

Oct. 15, 2013

00:11:56

Smartest Kids in the World

Oct. 8, 2013

00:21:20

What Good Are Field Trips

Oct. 1, 2013

00:10:04

Crossing Class

Sept. 24, 2013

00:13:16

Delve into Deeper Learning

Sept. 17, 2013

00:13:12

Second-Chance Diploma: Examining the GED

Sept. 1, 2013

00:53:00

Teaching to Each

Aug. 20, 2013

00:13:47

The Sweet Spot of Learning

Aug. 13, 2013

00:10:36

Pitfalls of the Common Core

Aug. 6, 2013

00:14:38

One Child at a Time: Custom Learning in the Digital Age

Aug. 1, 2013

00:52:59

Common Core Explained

July 30, 2013

00:11:58

Achievement Gap Among States

July 23, 2013

00:13:39

What to Teach

July 16, 2013

00:10:01

Exercise for the Brain

July 9, 2013

00:13:59

The Cost of College

June 28, 2013

00:14:47

New Grad School for Teachers

June 21, 2013

00:13:01

The Disruption of Blended Learning

June 14, 2013

00:10:33

Learning to Excel

June 7, 2013

00:13:14

Achievement Gap: For Richer or Poorer

May 31, 2013

00:09:38

The Case for Choice and Charters

May 24, 2013

00:16:50

Anti-Pigeonhole Plan

May 17, 2013

00:08:27

Teachers Training Teachers

May 10, 2013

00:08:42

Affirmative Action: Against

May 3, 2013

00:11:52

Affirmative Action: For

April 26, 2013

00:14:04

After Atlanta: More or Less Cheating?

April 19, 2013

00:13:26

Rethinking Pell Grants

April 12, 2013

00:09:48

Happy Teachers

April 5, 2013

00:11:07

MOOC Recruiting

March 29, 2013

00:09:45

New GED Coming

March 22, 2013

00:11:59

Employers Want More From College Grads

March 15, 2013

00:07:18

Education Sequestration

March 8, 2013

00:09:10

Financial Ed and the Common Core

March 1, 2013

00:08:10

Project-Based Learning

Feb. 22, 2013

00:09:35

Beating the Odds

Feb. 15, 2013

00:09:33

Need-Based Aid

Feb. 8, 2013

00:07:34

Mississippi Charter Debate

Feb. 1, 2013

00:11:48

The Decline of Catholic Education

Jan. 25, 2013

00:11:36

Testing Teachers Reprise

Jan. 18, 2013

00:53:20

Merit Badges for Veterans

Jan. 11, 2013

00:11:15

Pre-K in OK

Jan. 4, 2013

00:13:10

eBay for Professors

Dec. 28, 2012

00:12:58

School Safety

Dec. 21, 2012

00:11:45

Popularity

Dec. 14, 2012

00:08:30

Diverse Schools

Dec. 7, 2012

00:21:36

Goodbye to Cursive

Nov. 30, 2012

00:12:10

The Real Digital Divide

Nov. 23, 2012

00:12:04

Tuition by Major

Nov. 16, 2012

00:09:03

The Military and the GED

Nov. 9, 2012

00:10:29

Crack Cocaine and Education

Nov. 2, 2012

00:11:33

University of Phoenix Slims Down

Oct. 26, 2012

00:14:44

Parent Loan Debt

Oct. 19, 2012

00:10:57

Elite Online Ed

Oct. 12, 2012

00:17:20