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Utah Charter School Nurtures Entrepreneurial Spirit

The principal insists it's not just a pint-sized business school.

College Divestment Campaigns Creating Passionate Environmentalists

Campus protests over climate change are launching a new generation of activists.

With Gorgeous Dorms But Little Cash, Colleges Must Adapt

Jeffrey Selingo's new book, College (Un)bound, lays out the challenges facing higher education.

Filling In The Gap On Climate Education In Classrooms

A nonprofit group steps up to teach high school students about climate change.

From KQED

Brown's Budget Sends Surplus Cash Mostly to Schools

The state brought in more tax revenue than expected this year, but Gov. Brown's new budget takes a conservative tack. As expected, the bulk of the money is going to schools, including another $500 million to the state's universities. Brown is not adding money for social welfare programs or the courts, but he did outline a plan for how to expand healthcare coverage with the state -- not the counties -- taking the lead.

Linked Learning Pilot To Expand in Next School Year

The school year's almost over for California's students. For kids in some 60 districts across the state, it'll mean goodbye to traditional classes. Next fall, these students will be part of a new approach to education called Linked Learning. Some state lawmakers are endorsing the strategy as a way to help students not only graduate, but do so ready for college and careers.

PBS NewsHour

Headed to Law School? Lower your expectations

Recent law school grads face a tough job market, daunting student loans and -- if they land a job -- a demanding work environment. Steven Harper's "The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis" serves as a wake up call and warning for students disillusioned by the prestigious lawyers they watch on T.V.

In India, Organization of Learning Centers Seeks to Spark Enthusiasm for School

In India, an educational group called Pratham aims to change the perception of school as a solemn enterprise and to offer instead a love of learning to the youngest -- and poorest -- students. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on what is possibly the world's largest campaign to improve remedial education.

Inspiring Science With Frozen Roadkill and Harvested Whale Bones

When San Francisco's newly constructed Exploratorium opened this spring, it received plenty of plaudits from the press and others. But across town, the Exploratorium has a cousin. Dan Sudran from San Francisco's Mission Science Workshop uses unlikely objects in an unlikely place to inspire kids about science.

Maine School Engages Kids With Relevant Problem-Solving Challenges

Special correspondent John Tulenko of Learning Matters reports on a public middle school in Portland, Maine that is taking a different approach to teaching students. Teachers have swapped traditional curriculum for an unusually comprehensive science curriculum that emphasizes problem-solving, with a little help from some robots.

More from NPR

How Much Can Children Teach Themselves?

For years, Sugata Mitra has given kids in Indian slums access to the Web with surprising results.

What Do Babies Think?

Alison Gopnik offers a glimpse into the minds of babies, to show how much and how fast they learn.

What Role Do Relationships Play In Learning?

Teacher Rita Pierson discusses how classrooms lack the kind of human connections kids need to learn.

Can Schools Exist In The Cloud?

Sugata Mitra argues that self-organized classes are the future of education.