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How Schools Are Using The Trump Impeachment Inquiry As A Teachable Moment

8:05am November 12, 2019

by Alexis Marshall

Teachers around the country are finding different ways to address the impeachment proceedings in their classrooms. In the process, they're exploring concepts and skills often relegated to textbooks.

Experts Worry Active Shooter Drills In Schools Could Be Traumatic For Students

6:50pm November 10, 2019

With lockdown drills now commonplace in public schools, experts question if they're doing more harm than good. "We don't light a fire in the hallway to practice fire drills," one professor tells NPR.

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The Draper Building at Berea College in central Kentucky. The college hasn't collected tuition since 1892. Founded by an abolitionist in 1855, it was the first interracial and coeducational college in the South.

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Here's How 2 Schools Have Made Free College Work — For Decades

12:18pm November 10, 2019

by Jeff Tyler

The idea of tuition-free college isn't a new concept for some schools. Two colleges in Kentucky have been making it work for years.

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Helping First-Generation College Students

8:09am November 10, 2019

by Elissa Nadworny

At one Illinois school, first-generation students — the first in their families to go to college — make up 43% of the student population. The school has a program to help them navigate college.

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Maryland now offers the country's first master's degree in the study of the science and therapeutics of cannabis. Pictured, an employee places a bud into a bottle for a customer at a weed dispensary in Denver, Colo.

You Can Get A Master's In Medical Cannabis In Maryland

5:02pm November 09, 2019

by Martin Austermuhle

The University of Maryland, Baltimore, now has a master's program dedicated to the science and therapeutics of medical weed because of a growing number of students looking for expertise in the field.

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Florida Students Replicate Berlin Wall To Study Societal Divisions

5:02pm November 09, 2019

by Kerry Sheridan

In Florida, students at a liberal arts college "rebuilt" a Berlin Wall replica to study the history of societal divisions and how they persist today — 30 years after the wall was taken down.

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'First-Gen' Proud: Campuses Are Celebrating An Overlooked Group. But Is That Enough?

2:02pm November 08, 2019

by Elissa Nadworny

With T-shirts, pins and posters, campuses are drawing attention to first-generation students. The next step, experts say, is to actually give those students the knowledge and support they need.

Two fourth-graders rock side to side while doing math equations at Charles Pinckney Elementary School's "Brain Room" in Charleston, S.C., in 2015.

Math Looks The Same In The Brains Of Boys And Girls, Study Finds

8:44am November 08, 2019

by Jon Hamilton

Brain scans of 104 boys and girls doing basic math tasks found no gender differences. The finding adds to the evidence that boys and girls start out with equal ability in math.

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Oklahoma Charter School Opens With Hopes To Better Serve Native American Students

5:49pm November 05, 2019

by Caroline Halter

In Oklahoma, a new charter school has opened to serve Native American students. The hope is to promote Indigenous identities in the classroom.

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Most Of Nation's Top Public Universities Aren't Affordable For Low-Income Students

10:47am November 05, 2019

by Alexis Marshall

Public flagship universities are critical for low-income students because they serve as engines for upward mobility. But a new report finds they're often out of reach financially.