Education

Students walk through an entrance above which is engraved "Stonewall Jackson" at Jackson Elementary School in Oklahoma City.

These Oklahoma City Schools Are Named For Confederate Generals ... Or Are They?

6:28am September 04, 2017

by Emily Wendler

Oklahoma City school leaders announced they wanted the community to decide whether to change the names of four schools, only to find that some important details about the schools may be lost to time.

Teachers Organize To Help In Texas

8:07am September 03, 2017

School is delayed until Sept. 11 for 200,000 students in Houston. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with special education teacher Kristen McClintock, who is working with students staying in shelters.

Soooo Embarrassing: When Your Dad Comes To Class With You

8:07am September 03, 2017

Harvey canceled Enrock Anassi's flight back from New York City to Houston, but he made the most of it, by crashing his daughter Kerubo's day at graduate school. They talk with Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Refugee Kids Find That 'Summer School Is Cool' As They Learn How To Navigate Their New Home

6:28pm September 02, 2017

by Ruby de Luna

Each year, the International Rescue Committee holds a summer school program for newly-arrived refugee kids. This year's session in Seattle includes 36 students from Iraq, Syria, Somalia and Afghanistan.

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This School District Asked Real Estate Agents To Help Rekindle Its Reputation

6:28pm September 02, 2017

by Adolfo Guzman Lopez

Real estate agents, knowingly or not, can sway families' opinions on schools. So, school officials in Pasadena, Calif., decided to ask agents to help build a better district image.

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High School Football Games Canceled Across Houston

8:04am September 02, 2017

More than 100 high school football games in Texas have been canceled following Harvey. Scott Simon talks with Angel Verdejo, who covered football for the Houston Chronicle and now works in education.

Schools are closed and thousands of Houston-area families are living in temporary shelters as the city starts the recovery process after Hurricane Harvey.

Harvey's Havoc On Schools; U.S. Hispanic Enrollment Soars; A Controversial DeVos Hire

6:15am September 02, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

New demographic figures on enrollment; hundreds of thousands of students in limbo while schools recover from Harvey; and more education news of the week.

After Years Of Waiting, Forsyth County Central Library Opens To The Public

4:30pm August 31, 2017

by Bethany Chafin

The Central Library in downtown Winston-Salem is finally open to the public.

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Christine Garcia relaxes with her 8-year-old daughter Mia in the Channelview High School gym. It's been turned into an evacuation shelter for victims of flooding from Harvey.

Houston School Superintendent Says A Lot Of Work Ahead To Open Schools

6:43pm August 30, 2017

by Laura Isensee

School was supposed to begin this week in Houston, but Harvey's devastating flooding has made that impossible. Here's how the school district is coping and working to move forward.

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Brandon McElveen (left) is a school counselor at the KIPP Explore Academy elementary school in Houston.

A School Counselor Takes To The Floodwaters To Rescue His Students And Their Families

10:57am August 30, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

From food pantries to trauma counseling, educators throughout the region hit by Hurricane Harvey are gearing up for the long haul.