Education

At historically black colleges and universities, Hannah-Jones' decision is being celebrated as an important step toward redefining which schools should be considered among the most prestigious.

The news is a blow to UNC, which had its reputation damaged by its trustees' initial reluctance to grant tenure to Hannah-Jones. Howard also announced writer Ta-Nehisi Coates will join its faculty.

The school district where a staff member cut the curly hair of a biracial 7-year-old student this spring said Friday that an investigation found “no…

A new STEM-based summer program is taking a thoughtful approach to bridging systemic gaps in education.The Sankofa STEM Summer Academy is a five-week,…

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jay Bilas, college basketball analyst and commentator for ESPN, about the NCAA's decision to allow student-athletes to be paid for use of their name, image and likeness.

School district leaders worried about learning gaps caused by the pandemic are now putting a fun twist on an old fix: summer school.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Ahmad Dallal, about becoming American University in Cairo's first Arab president.

Legislators are calling Critical Race Theory divisive and pushing to ban it in classrooms. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Gloria Ladson-Billings, one of the first to apply the theory in education.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Cardozo School of Law professor Ekow Yankah about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to allow education-related compensation to student athletes.

Central Michigan University officials say the school is now home to Michigan’s only interdisciplinary drone lab.The lab isn’t a physical place, but a…