Education We’ve been to school. We know how education works. Right? In fact, many aspects of learning — in homes, at schools, at work and elsewhere — are evolving rapidly, along with our understanding of learning. Join us as we explore how learning happens.
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Harvard restores fellowship for human rights advocate critical of Israeli policies
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Nemat Shafik, pictured at a Eurogroup meeting at the EU Council in Brussels on May 16, 2011, will be the first woman to serve as president of Columbia University. Geert Vanden Wijngaert via AP hide caption
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Students walk to classes on the Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., in 2021. A student was stabbed on a bus near campus. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption
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Indiana’s Asian American community is grieving after a bus stabbing attack
An office within the University of Southern California’s School of Social Work announced it is removing the term “field” from its curriculum. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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The temperature data these eighth graders are collecting from various spots around their school playground will be uploaded to a NASA database for climate scientists to use. Mohamed Sadek for NPR hide caption
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Author George M. Johnson wrote All Boys Aren’t Blue, which is on the American Library Association’s list of most banned books. Kaz Fantone/NPR hide caption
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Concerns about social media’s impact on children and teens have increased in recent years. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
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Exclusive: New Biden student loan plan unveiled amid agency funding crisis
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Mandy Robek’s classroom at Shale Meadows Elementary School in Lewis Center, Ohio. Emma Peaslee/NPR hide caption
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The economics lessons in kids’ books
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the David N. Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum at Columbia University in New York City in April 2015. Kevin Hagen/Getty Images hide caption
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Employers are struggling to find young workers to take jobs in the skilled trades. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
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The menstrual cycle is a multi-stage process lasting an average of 28 days. The menses phase of the cycle, when the uterine lining is shed and vaginal bleeding occurs, typically lasts about 3 to 5 days. Getty Images/Westend61 hide caption
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The Period Talk (For Adults)
William “Rick” Singer arrives Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Boston. He was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $19 million in restitution and forfeitures. Brian Snyder/Reuters hide caption
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Rick Singer, head of the college admissions bribery scandal, gets 42 months in prison
Author Maia Kobabe wrote Gender Queer, which is on the American Library Association’s lists of most banned books. Kaz Fantone/NPR hide caption
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Banned Books: Maia Kobabe explores gender identity in ‘Gender Queer’
Rick Singer departs federal court in Boston in March 2019 after pleading guilty to charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Singer is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday afternoon in Boston. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
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Mastermind of the Varsity Blues college admission scandal is about to learn his fate
Banned Books: Author Jerry Craft on telling stories all kids can identify with
Author Jerry Craft wrote New Kid, which has faced challenges in some school districts. Kaz Fantone/NPR hide caption
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People participate in a protest outside the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on Nov. 14, 2022. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
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Adnan Syed (center right) leaves the courthouse after a hearing on Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore. Syed, who was released from a Maryland prison this year after his case was the focus of the true-crime podcast “Serial,” has been hired by Georgetown University as a program associate for its Prisons and Justice Initiative. Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File hide caption
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