education

In Southern schools, segregation and inequality aren’t just history — they’re reality

By PBS News Hour

Last month, a Mississippi judge ordered the state’s public schools to desegregate, illuminating the ongoing struggle to comply with the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks to Maureen Costello of the Southern…

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Column: How an epidemic of grade inflation made A’s average

By Vikram Mansharamani

Grade inflation — no, hyperinflation — is running rampant in American higher education. A recent study revealed that 42 percent of four-year college grades are A’s, and 77 percent are either A’s or B’s.

What’s it like to attend a multilingual high school?

By Deanna Del Ciello, Swikar Patel, Education Week

Every wonder what it's like to attend a multilingual school? At this Pennsylvania high school, more than 15 languages are spoken.

Malia Obama graduates from high school this week

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Malia is among 127 members of the Class of 2016 at Sidwell Friends, the elite private school in Northwest Washington that she and her sister Sasha attend.

Twitter Chat: Is college really for everyone?

By Kenya Downs

With massive debt and a bleak job market having many graduates regretting their degrees, NewsHour asked if college is really meant for everyone.

Kentucky embraces idea that not everyone needs college

By Emmanuel Felton, The Hechinger Report

Kentucky is among a handful of states that have created a designation for career-ready that is separate and distinct from college-ready.

Court ruling raises possibility Kansas schools will not open

By John Hanna, Associated Press

Kansas faces a threat that its public schools won't open for the next school year after the state Supreme Court rejected some education funding changes made by the Republican-dominated Legislature.