Vital Federal Program To Help Parents In College Is 'A Drop In The Bucket' About 1 in 5 college students in the U.S. are raising kids, and one of their biggest challenges is getting child care. A new proposal in Congress would expand the only federal program that helps. Elissa Nadworny
Lack of affordable child care costs WA $2 billion per year, report says Paige Browning talks with child care advocate Ryan Pricco about how a shortage of affordable child care in Washington is affecting the state's economy. Paige Browning
NPR Student Podcast Challenge Returns For 2nd Year The NPR Student Podcast Challenge returns for a second year. Last year more than 25,000 students from all 50 states participated, raising the voices of young people on a wide range of issues.
The NPR Student Podcast Challenge Is Back! Once again, NPR is challenging teachers to turn their classrooms into studios and their lessons into podcasts. Last year's contest drew nearly 6,000 entries from around the country. Elissa Nadworny
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton share stories of ‘Gutsy Women’ Girls kept asking who their heroes were, so they wrote a book John O'Brien
News Brief: Pence In Turkey, Gordon Sondland Profile, Chicago Teachers Vice President Pence is meeting with Turkey's President Erdogan in Ankara, trying to convince him to stop the assault on the Kurds in Syria. Also, a look at the history of Gordon Sondland. Mara Liasson
Classes Canceled For 300,000 Students As Chicago's Public Teachers Prepare To Strike The Chicago Teachers Union will go on strike tomorrow after failing to reach a contract deal with the country's third largest school district. Some 300,000 students won't be in school.
Seattle U students protest removal of Planned Parenthood from health resources The debate over abortion access has led to activism at Seattle University this week. Paige Browning
Parent as if your kid’s adulthood depends on it It does. Julie Lythcott-Haims shares insights into successful adult-rearing John O'Brien
Code Switch: Saving The Endangered Hawaiian Language By the 1980s, fewer than 50 Hawaiians under age 18 could speak their language. A handful of second-language speakers took it upon themselves to start a school where everything is taught in Hawaiian. Shereen Marisol Meraji