How To Avoid A Common Mistake When It Comes To Paying For Your Kid's College Tuition Don't let the sticker price of college paralyze you. NPR's Chris Arnold of the Life Kit podcast debunks a myth about saving for that college tuition bill that could help you save more than you think. Chris Arnold
Olympia Della Flora: Can Small Classroom Tweaks Help Kids Better Cope With Emotions? After months of struggling with one particularly challenging elementary school student, principal Olympia Della Flora realized it was the classroom setting that needed to change ... not the child. NPR/TED Staff
Liz Kleinrock: How Can We Broach Hard Conversations In The Classroom? When one of Liz Kleinrock's fourth grade students made a cringeworthy comment about race, rather than change the subject, she chose to turn the moment into a teachable one — and start a conversation. NPR/TED Staff
Jacqueline Woodson: What Is The Hidden Power Of Slow Reading? Novelist Jacqueline Woodson is a slow reader. Taking her time lets her savor each word brings her closer to each story, and it lets her pay respect to her ancestors who weren't allowed to read. NPR/TED Staff
Thomas Curran: How Can We Teach Kids To Accept Imperfection? Many students feel unrelenting pressure to be ... perfect. Social psychologist Thomas Curran warns that striving for perfectionism isn't just impossible — it's also dangerous to children's health. NPR/TED Staff
Seattle students protest superintendent's decision on Climate Strike Seattle Public Schools students are protesting the superintendent’s decision to not excuse their absences if they attend Friday’s Climate Strike. Ann Dornfeld
New Mexico Unveils Plan To Give Students Free College Tuition Regardless Of Income Calling the plan "the moonshot for higher education," Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said the plan could help 55,000 students attend college each year at a cost of up to $35 million. Bobby Allyn
New Mexico Proposes Free Tuition For All State Colleges New Mexico is proposing that all state colleges become tuition-free for students, regardless of family income. How will the state pay for it? Oil revenues. Elissa Nadworny
Seattle School Board to appoint new member to vacant seat The Seattle School Board is scheduled to vote Wednesday on an open seat after a director stepped down early. The position covers southeast Seattle, where most public school students are children of color. Ann Dornfeld
'She did what she had to do.' A school board finalist reckons with a complicated past On Thursday morning last week, a mom asked Emijah Smith for help. Isolde Raftery