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Study: More Adult Pell Grant Students, Not Enough Graduating

These days, the program must serve two equally needy but different populations — young and old.

L.A. Schools Hire Security Aides To Watch For Threats

The decision to spend $4.5 million to hire 1,000 aides came after the shootings in Newtown, Conn.

Cursive Club Tries To Keep Handwriting Alive

A New Jersey grandmother is helping one school learn to loop their Ls and curl their Qs.

Loan Education Becomes Prerequisite As Student Debt Balloons

One counselor says students are asking questions he'd never considered before the recession hit.

From KQED

New Science Standards Call for More Hands-On Learning

New national science standards released Tuesday promise to shake up the way science is taught across a number of disciplines. Each state will decide on its own whether to adopt the standards that California helped to develop.

Latino Population Growth No Boon for Chicano Studies Programs

The fight over gay rights is front and center today. In many ways, it carries forward struggles that began in the 1960s. Back then, many young Mexican-Americans called themselves as Chicanos, raising their voices against racism. In time, they claimed a place at American universities. But that was half a century ago. Mexican-American students today don't define themselves in the same way, and Chicano Studies departments are in trouble.

PBS NewsHour

To Bully or Not to Bully: Using Shakespeare in Schools to Address Violence

In Colorado, some schools are tapping an unlikely bullying prevention tool: the plays of William Shakespeare. The Colorado Shakespeare Festival adapts the bard's works as a way to start discussions on bullying, violence and the moment of choosing between right and wrong. Jeffrey Brown reports.

Kentucky School District Wants Project Based Learning to Outshine Testing

A public school district in Danville, Ky., has turned its emphasis away from traditional testing in order to encourage creativity and let students learn by doing. NewsHour special correspondent for education John Merrow reports on "deep learning," and how it requires commitment from educators, students and parents.

Anti-Bullying Lessons With the Bard

Some 400 years after the first recorded performance of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest," thousands of Colorado students are seeing an adaptation of the famous play created especially for them. Their version is relatively short, and has a very specific goal: reducing violence among teens and pre-teens.

Should Public Money Be Used for Private Schools?

The Indiana Supreme Court upheld a law allowing taxpayer money to be used for private schools through vouchers. Hari Sreenivasan examines the implications with Kevin Chavous, executive counsel for American Federation for Children, which promotes vouchers, and Dennis van Roekel, president of the National Education Association.

More from NPR

A Letter On Finding A Husband Before Graduation Spurs Debate

Despite the criticism, Susan Patton says she stands by her letter to The Daily Princetonian.

A Hot Topic: Climate Change Coming To Classrooms

An organized campaign to promote it as "controversial" leaves many students confused.

Phoenix Schools Under Fire For Program Linked To Scientology

The schools' leader insists the program has nothing to do with the church or religion.

Goldman Sachs Hopes To Profit By Helping Troubled Teens

New York's Department of Corrections needs the money, but some wonder if private investment is wise.