Under Trump Budget, Nearly 2 Million Kids May Lose After-School Care
The Trump administration says there's no evidence the program works, but supporters say that thinking is misguided. Some even call it a "godsend."
Education
Trump's Budget Proposal Threatens Funding For Major After-School Program
President Trump's budget would eliminate all funding for 21st Century Community Learning Centers, after-school programs for 1.8 million mostly poor children.
Harvard Business School Moves To Study More Diverse Cases
Harvard produces case studies used by business students across the country. Until now, more of those cases involved white business leaders. The school is changing that.
4 Things We Don't Know About AP Tests
Nearly 3 million students take their Advanced Placement exams in the coming weeks. There's very little independent research on the benefits of these courses.
Trump On Education Department: 'Reverse This Federal Power Grab'
Our weekly education news roundup: State officials criticize DeVos on student loan protections; and typos torpedo some grant applications for low-income students.
Georgetown University To Offer Slave Descendants Preferential Admissions
When Georgetown University announced they were going to try to make reparations to descendants of slaves held by the university more than a century ago, it raised tough questions for the families who stand to receive the reparations. Georgetown is offering preferential admissions to descendants, but one family with two students applying, have another idea.
At TED This Week, Two Speakers Got To The Root Of Things
At the TED Conference in Vancouver this week, two Fellows, Devita Davison and Damon Davis talked about putting ideas to work to invigorate marginalized communities from within.
19th Century Princess And Cookbook Author Was Also Georgia's First Feminist
Princess Barbare Jorjadze is renowned for her cookbook. But she spent most of her life writing letters, poems and essays, to fight for a greater public role for Georgian women.
A Path Out Of Poverty: Career Training + Quality Pre K
A new study on an innovative program in Tulsa, Okla., that links quality Head Start services with job training and parental support shows it's improving the lives of both mothers and their children.
This Week In Race: Fox Sued, Schools Resegregate, Shea Moisture Gets Thirsty
A racial discrimination suit is filed against Fox. Is an Alabama school district getting around integration? Shea Moisture apologizes for a commercial. And, there's a new philanthropist in town.