Education Oct 29 How colleges are helping students build social skills for the workforce By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes
Education Oct 22 Watch 8:43 Workforce Pell Grants give students new options for job training For decades, federal Pell Grants have helped millions of students from low- and middle-income families afford college. Now, for the first time, that financial aid will also be available for short-term vocational training programs designed to help students enter the… By Stephanie Sy, Maea Lenei Buhre
Education Oct 20 Watch 7:35 HBCUs enter new fight for equal funding A lawsuit in Missouri could have implications for the nation's historically Black colleges and universities. Current and former students at Lincoln University are suing the state for $549 million, alleging it systematically underfunded the school. The case could become a… By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas
World Oct 06 Watch 2:40 French students lead massive protests against education policies More than a quarter-million people poured into the streets across France on Tuesday, a dramatic development in a student-led movement that began at a single high school. In some cities, police and protesters clashed. French officials condemned what they called… By Deema Zein, Eliot Barnhart
World Oct 06 French police fire tear gas as more than 250,000 protest nationwide for school funding More than a quarter of a million people have marched in cities across France in support of school pupils demanding more education funding, increasing pressure on the government of outgoing President Emmanuel Macron. By Nicolas Garriga, Oleg Cetinic, Associated Press
Oct 01 Some states are helping graduate students pay for school. Here's what borrowers should know By Hannah Grabenstein In all, there are roughly two dozen state student loan lenders that offer broad-based assistance to help students fill education funding gaps. Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch 11:17 Inside Afghanistan's secret schools where women defy the Taliban to educate girls By Leila Molana-Allen, Eric O'Connor It’s been nearly five years since the Taliban banned education for girls older than 12 in Afghanistan. Every day seems to bring a new law limiting them, but Afghan women are pushing back. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen and videographer Eric… Continue watching
Aug 31 Students see openings to afford short-term job training with Pell grant expansion By Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press Colleges around the country are seeking approval for a new federal grant program, Workforce Pell, to aid students enrolled for short-term job training. Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch 7:05 The major changes Head Start faces under Trump proposal By Amna Nawaz, Andrew Merlis, Solveig Rennan Sandbulte The Trump administration is proposing new guidelines that would overhaul Head Start and could change how it’s run across the country. Launched in 1965 as part of President Johnson’s War on Poverty, Head Start serves 700,000 children ages three to… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch 7:47 'Post-literate age': Why fewer Americans are reading for pleasure By Jeffrey Brown, Solveig Rennan Sandbulte In recent years, there has been attention and worries about how reading has changed among kids. Those concerns include the nature of what kids are reading and how many fewer books are part of their education diet. A new cover… Continue watching