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An empty computer science classroom is seen at the University of Somalia in Mogadishu, July 13, 2017. Picture taken July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Podcast Episode

Computer science education builds skills for life

Michael Hansen, Emiliana Vegas, and Fred Dews

Friday, November 19, 2021

Jenny Doss, an early childhood special education teacher at Ben Franklin Elementary School, works with her K-5 class at the school in Menomonee Falls on June 8. Doss is speaking out against Republican lawmakers' spending proposal, which only calls for a slight boost in special education funding.MJS-special education funding00p1

Podcast Episode

Challenges to early childhood education in the wake of COVID-19

Jon Valant, Miriam Calderon, Jenna Conway, and Christina Weiland

Friday, September 3, 2021

A student wearing a protective mask, attends class on the first day of school, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at St. Lawrence Catholic School in North Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. August 18, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello

Podcast Episode

What does back-to-school look like during COVID?

Jon Valant and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Kindergarten teacher Princess Bryant prepares her classroom, from where she will begin the new school year teaching classes virtually because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the Tynan Elementary School in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Podcast Episode

Why teacher diversity benefits students of color

Michael Hansen and Fred Dews

Friday, April 2, 2021

Students disembark from a school bus outside The Ivy Apartments, where a man diagnosed with the Ebola virus was staying in Dallas, Texas October 1, 2014. As many as 80 people were in contact with the Dallas Ebola patient at some point, Texas health officials told NBC, marking a significant jump from the 18 people authorities had said may have been exposed to the deadly virus. Additionally, four members of the patient's family have been ordered to stay home as a precaution even though they are not showing symptoms, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement. Picture taken October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Stone

Podcast Episode

What does the debate over school segregation reveal about the Democratic primary field?

Friday, July 5, 2019

Christian Reyes works on some wiring at Felsomat in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg

Podcast Episode

The promise of community colleges as pathways to high-quality jobs

Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Martha Ross, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Students cross a street to enter for the first day of classes at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2018. REUTERS/Joe Skipper - RC1EFE4D0510

Education

Arming teachers won’t improve school safety

Friday, August 24, 2018

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in Washington, D.C.

Education

A progress report on Betsy DeVos’ education agenda

Elizabeth Mann Levesque and Fred Dews

Friday, August 24, 2018

3rd grade class from the W.R. O'Dell Elementary School recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Education

Grading America’s civics education

Michael Hansen and Fred Dews

Friday, July 6, 2018

First-year law student Christopher Healy studies in Doe Library at the University of California at Berkeley in Berkeley, California May 12, 2014. REUTERS/Noah Berger (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION) - GF2EA5D0QYS01

Podcast Episode

Would combining the Education and Labor Departments help or hurt students?

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Friday, June 22, 2018

Students walk through the hallway during a class change at E.E. Smith High School.

Education

Racial disparities in school discipline

Jon Valant and Fred Dews

Friday, May 4, 2018

Teachers pack the state Capitol rotunda to capacity, on the second day of a teacher walkout, to demand higher pay and more funding for education, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1482AB0B40

Education

Four reasons teachers are striking

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Betsy DeVos testifies before the Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee confirmation hearing to be next Secretary of Education on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1D5B7B0CF0

Education

The spending bill is a rebuke of DeVos’ priorities

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Friday, March 23, 2018

Students arrive for class at Mahnomen Elementary School in Mahnomen, Minnesota

Education

How to make schools safe without arming teachers

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Education

The community college-employer connection

Elizabeth Mann Levesque and Fred Dews

Friday, August 4, 2017