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
Single Mom Of 3 Graduates From College To Set An Example For Her Kids NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Michaela LeCompte about her graduation, at age 29, from Montana State University Billings. She has been raising three kids by herself while taking classes.
Teachers Begin To See Unfair Student Loans Disappear The Department of Education is expanding a fix to its troubled TEACH Grant program, giving millions of dollars of grant money back to public school teachers working in the country's neediest schools. Cory Turner
'Do They Kick Out Pregnant People?' Navigating College With Kids Nearly 4 million college students are raising children — a fifth of all undergraduates. They have better grades than their peers without kids but are less likely to graduate. What can schools do? Elissa Nadworny
Here Are The Winners Of The NPR Student Podcast Challenge Students across the U.S. showed us their worlds with podcasts in the first-ever NPR student contest. Clare Lombardo
2 Dead And 4 Injured In Shooting At University Of North Carolina, Charlotte Campus Three of the injured are in critical condition. Authorities say they have one suspect in custody and there is no reason to believe anyone else was involved. Barbara Campbell