SAT To Score Students' 'Disadvantages' To Try To Even The Playing Field The new SAT score is based on factors such as average family income, educational attainment, housing stability and crime. Test-takers won't see the score, but colleges will. Bobby Allyn
College Board To Give Students 'Adversity Score' Based On Social And Economic Factors The College Board has begun using what it calls an Environmental Context Dashboard to provide colleges with more information about the social and economic background of students who take the SAT. Anya Kamenetz
WATCH: It's Hard To Delay Gratification. Just Ask Cookie Monster Ask Cookie Monster about self-control? Sounds like the setup to a joke. But in recent years, Cookie has evolved. Watch as he demonstrates some of his favorite techniques. Cory Turner
Actress Felicity Huffman Enters Guilty Plea For College Admissions Scandal Actress Felicity Huffman entered a guilty plea on Monday. The Desperate Housewives star is among the wealthy people who tried to buy their children's way into elite colleges. Tovia Smith
Barbershop: How High Schoolers Are Thinking About Gun Violence NPR's Michel Martin talks with high school seniors Mari Ortega and Katherine Zhang, and former high school teacher Onaje Woodbine.
What It Means When Students Become 'Heroes' NPR's Scott Simon speaks with licensed professional counselor Melissa Glaser about her advice for parents and students on students fighting back during a school shooting.
Why can you hear gunshots at this high school? Issaquah High School is like hundreds of other suburban schools around the country. But unlike most of those schools, the campus rings with the sound of gunshots. Deborah Wang
'All I'm getting is the bare minimum.' Rainier Beach High School students protest budget cuts Students and teachers at Rainier Beach High School say the cuts at their school will hamper students’ college plans. Dozens of students and staff gathered in front of the school Wednesday to protest cuts they say are unfair and inequitable. Ann Dornfeld
HBO takes hard look at inequality in Seattle schools Seattle schools got national attention on Friday night in an episode of HBO’s Problem Areas, hosted by comedian Wyatt Cenac. Isolde Raftery
Changing How You Think Helps The Transition From Prisoner Back To Citizen Reentry programs work like a bridge between the world of corrections and the world of social services. Here's what one of those programs is doing to help folks stay out for good. Elissa Nadworny