Kindness Vs. Cruelty: Helping Kids Hear The Better Angels Of Their Nature A hardwired, us-vs.-them mentality can easily pull kids away from kindness, toward cruelty. Here's what parents can do about it. Cory Turner
University Of Alaska Readies For Budget Slash: 'We May Likely Never Recover' Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy slashed $130 million, or 41%, from the budget of a university system that serves more than 26,000 students. Layoffs, elimination of programs and campus closures are likely. Josh Axelrod
FBI Urges Universities To Monitor Some Chinese Students And Scholars In The U.S. As suspicion toward China spreads to academia, the FBI has advised at least 10 U.S. universities to monitor academics associated with certain Chinese institutions. Emily Feng
Denise Juneau, Seattle’s new schools chief, reflects on her first year This is the last day of classes in Seattle Public Schools, and the end of the first school year for Superintendent Denise Juneau. KUOW spoke with Juneau about what she’s proud of from her first year on the job - and her goals for next school year. Ann Dornfeld
How a treasured Seattle school devolved into chaos Fourth- and fifth-graders smoking the bathroom. Kids attacking each other ... and their teachers. Students afraid to walk home from school. Ann Dornfeld
Reflections On Friends, Hardship And 4 Years Of High School Words of wisdom, and hope, from speeches given by seniors this year at their high school graduation ceremonies. Jeffrey Pierre
Teach For America's Relationship With Charter Schools Teach for America has become a "vital ally" of the charter school movement, according to ProPublica education reporter Annie Waldman. She speaks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
Dr. Marijuana Pepsi Won't Change Her Name 'To Make Other People Happy' Long ridiculed for her unusual name, Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck recently turned her hardship into success. After studying perceptions around "black names" in white classrooms, she completed her Ph.D. Ari Shapiro
Marijuana Pepsi Fends Off The Jokes To Earn Her PhD NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck about her recent PhD completion despite the hardships she's faced because of her birth name. Ari Shapiro
New Report Says Women Will Soon Be Majority Of College-Educated U.S. Workers This year women who graduated from college will likely make up a majority of adults with degrees in the U.S. labor force. The increase could signal greater earning potential for women in the future. Dani Matias