Education

The lawmakers withheld their votes as the state Senate passed a bill that would ban schools from teaching critical race theory. The education superintendent has said it is not being taught in schools.

A health communications expert has developed a free online course to help people talk to those who are vaccine hesitant — and to fight misinformation with empathy.

First things first: Get acquainted (or reacquainted) with your loans. And don't count on blanket loan forgiveness.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a new initiative to help schools and child care facilities that are experiencing "extreme" staffing shortages. The plan also taps state employees.

Fiction can serve as a window into multiple realities--to imagine different futures or understand our own past. This hour, author Dave Eggers talks tech, education, and the healing power of writing.

Amid the latest coronavirus surge, Oklahoma City Public Schools announced the district is increasing its substitute pay by $70 a day.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with ex football player and sexual assault survivor Jon Vaughn about the University of Michigan's settlement over allegations of abuse by a former sports doctor.

Republicans plan to take advantage of school closures ahead of midterm congressional elections this year.

The people who take care of and educate children under 5 years old, who are too young to be vaccinated, are in a special kind of hell right now.

Officials say they hope their standards can be a model for the country of social studies teaching that is culturally responsive, as student populations grow increasingly diverse.