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For Mass. High School Students, New Transgender Rules Are The Old Normal

5:32am May 18, 2016

by Arun Rath

Public schools in Massachusetts aren't rushing to comply with President Obama's instructions for bathrooms and transgender students — the state has had that rule on the books for nearly 5 years.

Public school students in Cleveland, Miss., ride the bus on their way home following classes in May 2015.

After 50-Year Legal Struggle, Mississippi School District Ordered To Desegregate

4:05pm May 17, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The town of Cleveland is divided by a railroad track — and its schools are divided by race. For 50 years, the district has said it will fix the problem; a judge says the schools will have to merge.

Who Will Fix The Texas School Funding System?

3:54pm May 17, 2016

by Laura Isensee

Texas Supreme Court justices ruled the school funding system constitutional, and they aren't requiring any legislative changes. But they also said the state's 5 million schoolchildren deserve better.

A First: Pell Grants For High School Students Who Take College Classes

11:03am May 17, 2016

by Anya Kamenetz

The Obama administration announces an ambitious experiment to promote "dual enrollment" in high school and college.

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Obama Guidelines To Protect Transgender Students Are 'Life Changing'

10:20am May 17, 2016

The administration ordered schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity. Mary Louise Kelly talks to Debi Jackson, mother of Avery, 8, who is transgender.

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Obama Delivers Commencement Speech At Rutgers University

6:41pm May 16, 2016

Obama gave one of his last graduation speeches as a sitting president at Rutgers University Sunday. He was persuaded to come after receiving letters from the student body president's grandmother.

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Pre-Obama Directive, NYC Public Schools Embraced Transgender Rights

2:30pm May 16, 2016

Mary Louise Kelley talks to Jared Fox, LGBT liaison for New York City's public schools. New York has had policies in place relating to transgender students for years.

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Potential law school students may be intimidated by the dreaded LSAT exam.

Forget The LSAT. This Law School Will Accept Your GRE Scores

9:47am May 16, 2016

by Carrie Jung

The LSAT has forever been the choice exam for law school admissions. That's no longer the case at the University of Arizona, and maybe many more schools in the future.

Bobby Ellerbee, sporting his graduation get-up.

After A 40-Year Detour, 'Squidbillies' Star Takes Home His Diploma

1:59pm May 15, 2016

by NPR Staff

Bobby Ellerbee left his studies to host a radio show, voice a beloved cartoon character, even party with Etta James. Lately, though, he returned to do the one thing he hadn't done yet: graduate.

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Graduation Readers At MIT Go The Extra Mile To Pronounce Names Correctly

7:58am May 15, 2016

by Judith Kogan

Graduation time is here and that means those folks who read names at graduation ceremonies are busy practicing. MIT takes pronunciation very seriously — but they'll still get some of them wrong.