Clare Lombardo
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The middle school winners of the NPR Student Podcast Challenge offer their perspective on why talking about something so natural is so taboo — and why that's silly. -
Students across the U.S. showed us their worlds with podcasts in the first-ever NPR student contest. -
The first-ever NPR Student Podcast challenge has closed, with nearly 6,000 entries from all 50 states. As you might expect, students these days have a lot to say. -
There are lots of legal ways that wealthy students get into America's top schools. -
Two-thirds of students in Washington, D.C., can't read and write at grade level when they start high school. One program helps teens improve — by giving them the tools to teach younger kids. -
"Stories like this are why we continue to see backlash to disability rights laws," one expert said. -
A new report highlights the lack of school choice options for American Indian and Alaska Native students. Also this week in education news, why white school districts have so much more money. -
The proposed tax credit would go toward donations to private school scholarships and other school choice initiatives. Critics say such programs funnel money and students away from public schools. -
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. -
Across the country, teachers are striking again. First there was Los Angeles, then Denver and West Virginia. Now Oakland, Calif., teachers are on the picket lines.
