NPR has a story today about a few trends that are taking place in education. Nationally and in North Dakota the picture looks good; we’re at all-time-highest graduation rates! But that’s just the appearance at first blush. NPR enlisted 14 reporters to look deeper into the issue, and what they found reveals a more complicated
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In a new study, an easy-to-use app did just as good a job as the machines in an eye doctor’s office. That’s a boon for people in low-income countries — and really for anyone with vision issues.
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It turns out developing things like grit, a growth mindset, soft skills, emotional skills, and social skills as big a role in life success as academic learning, but those in education are struggling with how to define the concepts.
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There’s a growing portion of the population who spent some time at college, but didn’t get the degree. In Rhode Island, a program called College Unbound has set out to bring these former students back into the fold and help them complete their degrees.
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In Minot, significant growth and a devastating flood have put a lot of pressure on our city’s infrastructure — roads, bridges, water systems, but nationally, the problem is deferred maintenance. And the issue is starting to catch up with us.
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Seattle is in the middle of a grand experiment, and one that comes with considerable risk. Over the next several years, the city will phase in a $15 minimum wage. And in the early going, it’s putting a lot of pressure on small businesses, especially restaurants.
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Do you have a daughter you want to empower? For the first time since 2001, an all-women team is competing in the Volvo Ocean Race, an around-the-world slog through some of the most unforgiving water on the planet.
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When it comes to treating drug addicted patients in emergency rooms, a compassionate treatment plan – one that provides drugs that ease withdrawal symptoms during the ER visit combined with counseling at the same time was more successful at getting patients into long-term treatment programs.
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The Common Core math standards say students need more than a textbook understanding of concepts like the Pythagorean Theorem. So two Colorado teachers teamed up for a lesson in real-world math.
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Five years after the BP oil spill, the public has stopped asking whether seafood from the Gulf is safe to eat. But now there’s a supply issue, and fishermen worry about the future of their industry.
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Even as the use of traditional cigarettes and most other tobacco products dipped or stayed the same from 2013 to 2014, the use of e-cigarettes climbed among students in high school and middle school.
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As the craft beer industry grows, so are options for learning to brew. More colleges are now introducing degree programs to teach the art and science of beer-making.
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It’s one of the most commonly used drugs and it’s been around for a really long time, why in the world is it so expensive? Here are some reasons…
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Is the sustained lower oil price leading to the ‘bust’ that’s been so popular in national media headlines? Not according to the folks in Watford City. Kirk Siegler with NPR has the story.
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Small beer is becoming big business around the country, and lawmakers are taking notice with a bill that hopes to reduce taxes on small independent brewers.
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In West Virginia, 14 tanker cars caught fire and exploded following a derailment. The train was carrying crude oil from the Bakken oil field to Yorktown, Virginia.
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