Eshauna Smith: How Can We Level The Playing Field Of Luck? Eshauna Smith says we cannot let luck decide the fate of underprivileged youth—we need to make purposeful interventions to create opportunities for all kids to reach their full potential. NPR/TED Staff
When Kids Ask (Really) Tough Questions: A Quick Guide Is Santa real? Will you ever die? Children ask questions that can induce knee-buckling panic in adults. NPR's Life Kit and Sesame Workshop have research-tested strategies to help you with the answers. Cory Turner
How To Teach Black History It's a topic often debated during the month of February: How should we teach black history to the country's students? We put that question to some educators and researchers. Jason Fuller
Why White School Districts Have So Much More Money According to a new report, predominantly white school districts receive $23 billion more than districts that serve mostly students of color in the U.S. Clare Lombardo
Classic Books Are Full Of Problems. Why Can't We Put Them Down? A recent study found that Dr. Seuss books can be pretty racist. It's highlighted a growing debate: Should schools teach classic books that may be problematic or trade them for socially conscious ones? Jessica Yarmosky
Seattle school year extended by 5 days because of snow The last day of school will now be June 27 in Seattle — five days later than planned to make up for snow days this month. Ann Dornfeld
Come Work For Us: We'll Help Pay Down Your Student Loans Some employers are offering benefits that pay down student loans. They say it's a popular way to recruit younger workers who are struggling with college debt. Yuki Noguchi
Rural School District In Wyoming To Open A 1-Student Schoolhouse This is the second school in the rural Wyoming county to serve a single student. State law requires schools to be accessible to children who can't make it through heavy snow.
After Losing Appeal, Bennett College Seeks Alternate Accreditation Bennett College in North Carolina, a historically black college, lost its appeal to retain its accreditation, but then won a temporary reprieve after filing suit.
What A Surge Of Teacher Strikes Nationwide Do And Don't Have In Common Teachers are striking in Oakland, Calif. and West Virginia, continuing a nationwide trend of teachers' strikes over the past year. Here's what these strikes do and don't have in common. Anya Kamenetz