Can A School District Help Diversify A Fire Department?
In an effort to boost diversity and interest in firefighting, the Los Angeles fire department created special career-focused programs in local high schools.
Education
PHOTOS: They're All Kings And Queens Of Katwe
Kids in a Uganda slum learn that chess has a lot in common with life. You can't change the way you start out — but you can decide your next move.
Where Are The 40,000 Students ITT Tech Left Behind When It Closed?
Community and nonprofit colleges across the country are recruiting former ITT Tech students who face a tough decision: roll the dice on transferring credits, or lose them all for debt relief.
How To Spark Learning Everywhere Kids Go — Starting With The Supermarket
A $20 intervention caused a big boost in conversations between parents and kids. Researchers say there are lots of untapped opportunities like these to help kids learn out of school.
Big Wings, Bigger Dreams: A Sleepover In The Space Shuttle's Shadow
Sleepovers at the National Air and Space Museum's huge annex near Washington, D.C., offer a real-life night at the Smithsonian.
Questions Of Race And Charter Schools Divide Education Reformers
Some educators have embraced the frank new conversation about the racial impact of education reforms. Others are caught awkwardly in the middle and some --conservative reformers — feel alienated.
#DearWashington: Readers Share Personal Concerns This Election
NPR is asking audiences to share something that they want their leaders in Washington to know about why this election matters to them.
Bias Isn't Just A Police Problem, It's A Preschool Problem
A new study by researchers at Yale found that pre-K teachers, white and black alike, spend more time watching black boys, expecting trouble.
Kaya Henderson On Education And Her Tenure As D.C. Schools Chancellor
Michel Martin interviews Kaya Henderson, who has served as chancellor for D.C. Public Schools for six years and will step down on Oct. 1.
Teaching Middle-Schoolers Climate Change Without Terrifying Them
One science teacher in Miami knows how sea-level rise could affect her students' lives when they are her age. She is determined to teach them to take that seriously, with optimism.