Education

Twenty percent of American adults are in debt from their — or their children's or grandchildren's — education.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to MIT graduate student Arwa Mboya, who had been demanding MIT Media Lab Director Joichi Ito resign after it was revealed he had financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Signe Swenson, a whistleblower who revealed the extent of Jeffrey Epstein's involvement in donations for MIT.

Joichi Ito has resigned as director of the MIT Media Lab after a New Yorker article detailed the lengths to which the Lab concealed funds received from Jeffrey Epstein.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Ronan Farrow of The New Yorker about Jeffrey Epstein's financial ties to the MIT Media Lab.

NOLA Public Schools doesn't actually run any schools. What the district does do is decide each year which schools to grant new charters to and when to take them away.

When a loan forgiveness program for public servants wasn't working, Congress created a temporary fix. A new report shows that the program didn't fix much.

A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds that Congress' temporary effort to expand and fix problems with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program also needs fixing.

For decades Nassar, a university doctor, sexually abused female patients under the guise of medical treatment. Now, the Department of Education is punishing the school for its "abhorrent" response.

The Allegheny County Jail runs a full high school for juveniles charged as adults. "In this part of the building, you are a student," Principal Jay Moser tells students on the first day.

India has made new rules regulating the weight of school bags. Are principals — and parents — paying attention? One mother in Mumbai is conducting spot checks to find out.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with James Hatch, a former Navy SEAL who recently started at Yale as a 52-year-old freshman.