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A look at 2 Supreme Court cases challenging affirmative action in higher education

5:12pm October 30, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with David Kaplan, former legal affairs editor for Newsweek, about two landmark affirmative action cases being argued on Monday.

Race in college admissions is back in front of the Supreme Court. Here's what to know

5:00am October 29, 2022

by Elissa Nadworny

The court will hear two cases challenging the constitutionality of race-conscious admissions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Guilford County Schools offers optional bussing to the polls for 18-year-old students

3:39pm October 28, 2022

by Amy Diaz

Dozens of students filed out of a school bus, and into the Bur-Mil Park early voting site Tuesday morning.

Tucker Bubacz, a 17-year-old senior, climbs into the cab of a semi truck just outside Williamsport High School in Williamsport, Md. on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.

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The driver of the big rig one lane over might soon be one of these teenagers

9:57am October 28, 2022

The trucking industry projects it will need to hire over a million drivers over the next decade. One idea that's gained some traction: Bring in younger drivers, starting in high school.

Where do I apply? Who qualifies? Can borrowers get a refund? NPR took the most frequently asked questions readers had about Biden's student loan relief plan and answered them.

You asked us about Biden's student debt relief plan. We found the answers

9:52am October 28, 2022

Where do I apply? Who qualifies? Can borrowers get a refund? NPR took the most frequently asked questions readers had about Biden's student loan relief plan and answered them.

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A high school newspaper in Nebraska was shut down after it published LGBTQ stories

5:09am October 28, 2022

by Rachel Martin

In Grand Island, Neb., the school district eliminated a high school journalism program after students published an issue of the school paper with op-eds about LGBTQ rights. Now the ACLU is involved.

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Former WS/FCS educator and Board of Education Candidate Stan Elrod has died

4:22pm October 26, 2022

by Amy Diaz

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board Candidate Stan Elrod died unexpectedly Tuesday night according to posts on social media.

President Joe Biden speaks on the student debt relief plan as Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona listens in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Oct. 17, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program just got more flexible

1:51pm October 26, 2022

by Sequoia Carrillo

The U.S. Education Department announced plans Tuesday to permanently change the long-troubled program to grant more borrowers forgiveness. The department had already made several temporary changes.

Scholar Mike Davis was a public intellectual best known for his book City of Quartz and other searing critiques of capitalism, corruption and environmental degradation.

Writer, truck driver, meat cutter and prophet of compassion Mike Davis dies at 76

12:20pm October 26, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

Davis was a public intellectual best known for his book City of Quartz and other searing critiques of capitalism, corruption and environmental degradation.

College application season can be a grueling time for high schoolers. For parents wanting to help, writer Kelly Corrigan argues they have to start thinking about how they talk about it.

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How to bust the 'big lie' around college applications

11:40am October 26, 2022

by Wynne Davis

Many high school seniors are in the thick of college application season. It's a stressful time that writer Kelly Corrigan calls a "dumpster fire." To change that she argues parents have to help less.

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