Education

Some Parents Are Giving Up Guardianship Of Their Kids To Get College Financial Aid

4:23pm July 30, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with ProPublica's Jodi Cohen about a new report that found dozens of parents are giving up their guardianship of their kids so they can get financial aid for college.

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This Supreme Court Case Made School District Lines A Tool For Segregation

4:40pm July 25, 2019

Today, "inequality is endemic" in America's public schools, according to a new report.

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Forsyth Tech Breaks Ground On Aviation Technology Lab

4:32pm July 25, 2019

by Paul Garber

Educational opportunities in the aviation field are growing in the Triad with a new classroom building being built at Winston-Salem's Smith Reynolds Airport.

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Millions Of U.S. Children Go To Racially And Economically Segregated Schools

4:21pm July 25, 2019

by Cory Turner

Forty-five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a desegregation effort in Detroit could not cross school district lines, marking a reversal of the course set by the court in Brown v. Board.

An "In God We Trust" sign is seen at a middle school in Rapid City, South Dakota. Staff began installing the national motto in the district's 23 schools in May.

South Dakota Public Schools Add 'In God We Trust' Signs To Walls

3:38pm July 25, 2019

by Dani Matias

When students return to class next month in South Dakota, they'll be greeted by the national motto, prominently displayed on school walls.

Education

PHOTOS: America's Separate And Unequal Schools

6:13am July 25, 2019

NPR sent photographers across the country to document the differences between school districts.

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Wyoming Valley West High School in Plymouth, Pa. Officials with the school district are not responding to several offers to settle debt students accrued from not paying for cafeteria meals.

Offers Pour In To Cover Pa. Students' Meal Debt, But School Officials Not Interested

10:28am July 24, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

After district officials threatened to turn children over to foster care for the unpaid amount, a prominent media figure and a corporate CEO offered to settle the debt but were rebuffed.

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In India, Some Students With Low Test Scores Can Buy Their Way Into College

7:22am July 23, 2019

by Lauren Frayer

A certain number of seats at schools in India are reserved for those paying double or triple tuition. And unlike the Varsity Blues scandal here in the U.S., this behavior is legal in India.

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The courthouse in Luzerne County, Pa., where officials this month sent letters to parents who had unpaid cafeteria debt, threatening to take parents to court if the obligations were not settled.

Don't Have Lunch Money? A Pennsylvania School District Threatens Foster Care

2:51pm July 22, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Wyoming Valley West School District in Northeastern Pennsylvania sent families a letter stating that their children would be removed from their homes if unpaid cafeteria meal debt was not settled.

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Parents, Sometimes You're The Problem When It Comes To Tech Use

3:23pm July 21, 2019

by Anya Kamenetz

Parents of young kids pick up their phones an average of almost 70 times a day — often to escape a stressful parenting moment. Here's how to stop using your phone as a pacifier, for you or your kids.