Sylvia Earle: My Wish? To Protect Our Oceans Legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle has been exploring and working to protect our oceans for more than half a century. Her message has stayed the same: we're taking our oceans for granted. Christina Cala
A Florida Principal Handwrote 459 Notes For Students Before Their Graduation Ceremony A Florida principal spent nearly three months crafting 459 personalized, handwritten notes for the Matanzas High School class of 2021. Josie Fischels
UNC Journalism School Tried To Give Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure. A Top Donor Objected The star New York Times reporter's bid for a tenured professorship has run aground on racial politics and an approach to journalism that runs counter to the donor whose name adorns the school. David Folkenflik
Philadelphia Grandmother Graduates High School 50 Years After She Dropped Out Twyanna Williams left high school when she was 15 years old so she could help her mom pay the bills. But she never stopped wanting to go back to school. Williams was also the class valedictorian.
PHOTOS: Seattle area seniors graduate together, in person After a long period of isolation and virtual learning as a result of the pandemic, many Seattle area seniors graduated this week together, in person. Megan Farmer
Why One School District Scrapped All Holiday Names From Its Calendar Some institutions have dropped the name Columbus Day or switched to celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day. One New Jersey school district came up with a new solution: eliminate all holiday names. Joe Hernandez
A College Grad Honored Her Parents With A Photo Shoot In The Fields Where They Worked "The whole reason I wanted to go back to the fields with my parents is because I wouldn't have the degree and the diploma if it wasn't for them," says Jennifer Rocha, recent graduate of UC San Diego. Vanessa Romo
June 12 Is Loving Day — When Interracial Marriage Finally Became Legal In The U.S. "Loving Day" celebrates the historic ruling in Loving v. Virginia, which declared unconstitutional a Virginia law prohibiting mixed-race marriage — and legalized interracial marriage in every state.
Spring Numbers Show 'Dramatic' Drop In College Enrollment Undergraduate college enrollment fell again this spring, down nearly 5% from a year ago. "It's really the end of a truly frightening year for higher education," one researcher says. Elissa Nadworny
How To Be A Citizen: Education NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kenisha Tucker, co-founder of the Hidden Figures of Madison, a project that highlights the contributions of African Americans to the history of Madison, N.J.