Thousands Of Students Wait To Return To Class After Hurricane Michael Thousands of Florida students are out of school as the panhandle tries to recover from Hurricane Michael. NPR's Scott Simon asks Steve Moss of the Bay County School Board when students can return.
Late Seattle school buses hit low-income kids hardest Several buses to some of the district’s poorest schools, including West Seattle Elementary, Emerson Elementary and Wing Luke Elementary, were running two hours late Friday morning. Ann Dornfeld
'I Am Heartbroken': Your Letters About Public Service Loan Forgiveness NPR reported on the troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and dozens of aggrieved student borrowers wrote in to share their stories. Cory Turner
Harvard Student Discusses Why She Opposes The University's Admissions Process NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Harvard University junior Kelley Babphavong about her opposition to the university's affirmative action admissions process.
The Student Loan Whistleblower Ninety-nine percent of applications for Public Service Loan Forgiveness have been denied. A former student loan watchdog saw it coming. Cory Turner
What's Driving Some Asian-Americans To Challenge Affirmative Action? Steve Inskeep talks to Hua Hsu, of The New Yorker, about how activism in some Asian-American communities helped propel a lawsuit against Harvard University over its affirmative action policies.
Harvard University Student Discusses Why She Believes The Admissions Process Is Fair NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Harvard University senior Sally Chen about why she believes the university's admissions process is fair as the university defends its policies in court this week.
What To Know About Affirmative Action As The Harvard Trial Begins The trial in Boston will dissect a contentious political issue in higher education: affirmative action. Courtney Rozen
Sans Forgetica: A Font To Remember NPR's Scott Simon speaks with typography lecturer Stephen Banham of RMIT University about a new font he helped develop to assist people in remembering what they've read.
Homeless kids are falling behind in school. And it's worse than previously thought Kim Malcolm talks with Liza Burell about a new report that looks at the academic challenges faced by homeless students in Washington state. Burell is program director with Building Changes, a Seattle non-profit. Kim Malcolm