A Few Takeaways From Wednesday's Teacher March On Raleigh
The question of “what comes next?” looms now that thousands of teachers have left Raleigh after a protest march that clogged city blocks.
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Teachers Take School Funding Fight Straight To North Carolina's Capitol
Educators marched on lawmakers' offices in Raleigh on Wednesday, with demands in hand — including better pay and more school funding. Meanwhile, schools closed across the state.
As '13 Reasons Why' Returns, Schools Try To Help Students Who Are Thinking Of Suicide
About 1 in 5 teens may have contemplated suicide. But new research suggests that schools as a whole can make a difference.
Thousands Of Teachers From Across North Carolina March In Raleigh
The protest has been planned for weeks, with many of the state's largest school systems shutting down for the day including Guilford County and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.
Now It's North Carolina Teachers' Turn: How Did We Get Here? What's Next?
As teachers walk out in a sixth state, signs of what's to come.
Why Teens Should Understand Their Own Brains (And Why Their Teachers Should, Too!)
Human brains are still developing throughout our teenage and early adult years. Knowing more about the way they work can teach us about how schools can work, too.
Spelman College Quietly Eliminates One Of The Country's Few Jazz Programs For Women
The selective, historically black women's college in Atlanta has cut the college's once-esteemed jazz program, a rarity within the traditionally male-dominated genre.
NC Teacher Rally Organizers Expect 'Sea Of Red' at Capitol Wednesday
Thousands of North Carolina teachers will converge on the legislative building in Raleigh Wednesday, May 16 to lobby state lawmakers for better working conditions.
Before They Walk Into A Classroom, These New Teachers Will March On The N.C. Capitol
Recent graduates Cristina Chase Lane and WinnieHope Mamboleo will be joining the profession just as teacher strikes sweep the nation. Instead of feeling demoralized, they say they feel galvanized.
A DACA Recipient Graduates Amid Deportation Fears
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Jessica Moreno-Caycho, a DACA recipient who is graduating this weekend from Virginia Commonwealth University. She chronicles her experience of uncertainty.