How school districts are preparing for a future without the Education Department How are states and local school districts preparing for a future without the Department of Education? NPR asks Robert Taylor, superintendent of the Wake County Public School System in North Carolina. Sarah McCammon
In praise of the humble recorder — a gateway instrument for millions of schoolchildren The small plastic instrument has long been the go-to instrument in elementary schools. But it is capable of so much more than "Hot Cross Buns." Abigail Covington
Conservative-leaning thinktank weighs in on what's next for the Education Department NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Michael Petrilli, head of the education policy thinktank Thomas B. Fordham Institute, about the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Education Department. Patrick Jarenwattananon
Supreme Court says Trump's efforts to close the Education Department can continue The Trump administration had appealed a decision that had directed it to stop gutting the U.S. Education Department and to reinstate many of the workers the government had laid off. Cory Turner
24 states sue Trump admin to unfreeze more than $6 billion in education grants The lawsuit comes two weeks after the Trump administration first notified states it was withholding previously approved funds for migrant education, before- and after- school programs and more. Sequoia Carrillo
More college students now learn entirely online than completely in-person This year is the first time that more U.S. college students will learn entirely online compared to being fully in-person. And research shows most online programs cost as much or more than in-person. Elissa Nadworny
How 3 Muslim sisters helped change the rules of American women's wrestling Jamilah, Zaynah and Latifah McBryde grew up wrestling one another in Buffalo, N.Y. Coaches recognized their talent, but they couldn't wear the required wrestling singlet due to their faith. Lee V. Gaines
More college students now learn entirely online than completely in-person This year is the first time that more U.S. college students will learn entirely online compared to being fully in-person. And research shows most online programs cost as much or more than in-person. Elissa Nadworny
Since COVID, threats to local school officials have nearly tripled, research finds Researchers at Princeton University say some instances corresponded with national attacks on DEI initiatives as well as on LGBTQ+ policies and that the targets held a variety of political views. Frank Langfitt
In Peru, criminal gangs are targeting schools in poor neighborhoods for extortion The president of one of Lima's largest parent-teacher associations says at least 1,000 schools in the Peruvian capital are being extorted and that most are caving into the demands of the gangs. John Otis
