To get kids hooked on math, teacher brings rap music into the classroom A Texas teacher who helped struggling math students find success by integrating music into the curriculum is now teaching this method to other teachers. Mia Estrada
Your 2022 NPR College Podcast Challenge finalists are ... NPR's College Podcast Challenge is back with stories from students around the country, from dealing with bears on campus at the University of Montana to a mariachi band at the University of Texas. Eda Uzunlar
These second-graders helped shelter pups find their fur-ever homes A second-grade class wrote persuasive letters on behalf of shelter dogs, urging folks to adopt the animals. So far, the young writers have been successful. Rina Torchinsky
3 takeaways from NPR's investigation into a troubled student loan repayment program Many of the lowest-income federal student loan borrowers have had their hopes of debt cancellation delayed or derailed as a result of mismanagement, NPR found. Cory Turner
Exclusive: How the student loan safety net has failed low-income borrowers Income-driven repayment plans were intended to help low-income student loan borrowers, and eventually cancel their debt. New documents paint a breathtaking picture of the program's failure. Cory Turner
A daycare... a test prep... a community center? Kids' book explores what a school is NPR's Ailsa Chang talked with John Schu, first picture book writer and long time book advocate, and illustrator Veronica Miller Jamison about their new book This is a School. Justine Kenin
New Orleans rescinds a long-ignored rule prohibiting jazz and dancing in schools A 100-year-old ban on jazz music and dancing in New Orleans' public schools has finally been lifted — though it was never really enforced. Aubri Juhasz
A yak, a ticked-off teacher, an Oscar nomination for Bhutan: We interview the director The movie is Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, up for best international feature. It's about an urban teacher who's ticked off about being sent to work in a remote village with no electricity. Kamala Thiagarajan
In a reversal, the Taliban bars Afghan girls from attending school beyond 6th grade The rulers' decision — reneging on a previous promise — came at the start of the new school year in Afghanistan and risks further alienating the international community. The Associated Press
Skilled trade programs are booming after college enrollment dropped in the pandemic College enrollment dropped during the pandemic. But programs in the skilled trades are booming. Elissa Nadworny visits two community colleges where students learn to build houses and fix cars. Elissa Nadworny