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
Harvard Rescinds Offer To Parkland Survivor After Discovery Of Racist Comments Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland student survivor, was accepted into Harvard, but after the university discovered racist slurs he made when he was 16, the offer was rescinded. Anya Kamenetz
Drag Queen Story Hours come to King County, but not without complaints A group of citizens is objecting to the King County Library System’s Drag Queen Story Hour. Ann Dornfeld
A Spelling Bee Coach On How To Spell Success Five spellers in this year's National Spelling Bee shared a coach: a retired school teacher from Denver. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Bill Schaefer, who's been been teaching spelling since the 1970s.
Native leaders protest Seattle Schools' decision to cut ties with program for Indigenous youth The Urban Native Education Alliance's 12-year-old Clear Sky after-school program provides tutoring, mentorship, cultural lessons, and leadership and civic engagement training to Seattle's Indigenous youth. Ann Dornfeld
Speeches From High School Seniors As They Say Goodbye To Classmates It's the time of year when high schools are saying goodbye to its seniors. And with graduation ceremonies come commencement speeches by top students.