archive

May 29, 2012 Researchers say that changing what 4-year-olds see and think about when a book is being read can improve kids' reading skills later on. The key: Focus their attention on the words instead of the pictures.

Transcript

On All Things ConsideredPlaylist

May 25, 2012 Over the past 15 years, the sticker price has gone way up. The price students actually pay has risen more slowly.

Summary

May 24, 2012 WNYCThis spring, the city's Department of Education issued its first guidelines about how teachers should navigate social media. The rules make it explicit: Teachers cannot friend or follow their students on Facebook or Twitter, but they can have professional accounts and pages for students to follow.

Transcript

On All Things ConsideredPlaylist

May 11, 2012 There's a huge gap between the sticker price for college tuition and the price students actually pay. On today's show, we try to figure out why.

Summary

ListenPlaylist

May 11, 2012 There's a huge gap between the sticker price of college and the price students actually pay. Here's how to get an idea of what you'd actually pay.

Summary

May 2, 2012 Colleges use money to woo top students. It's an effective tactic, but it drives up tuition for everyone else.

Transcript

On Morning EditionPlaylist

April 25, 2012 In a recent Weekend Edition Sunday segment, Mara Liasson unintentionally suggested that stay-at-home moms lack higher education. She quickly saw her error and the staff corrected later broadcasts of the story. A correction was posted on the web version and, a week later, the show aired a letters segment with additional clarification.

Summary

April 24, 2012 A new study has determined that some automated essay graders can do as good a job as humans, but education columnist Michael Winerip says there weaknesses to the automated systems.

Summary

March 14, 2012 In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, the Political Junkie recaps the week in politics, and the fate of medical students on 'Match Day'. In the second hour, the day animals escaped in Zanesville Ohio, and efforts to end violence in Syria.

Summary

August 29, 2011 Researchers say there's no evidence to support the widely held belief that there are distinct visual, auditory and kinetic learning styles. Though an industry has sprung up around the idea, psychologists recommend other approaches to help kids retain information.

Transcript

On Morning EditionPlaylist

• How To Lessen Back-To-School Stomach Bugs

August 5, 2011 Florida Gov. Rick Scott's spending his summer on a charm offensive, after his poll numbers showed he was the most unpopular politician in his home state.

Summary

January 26, 2011 On today's Talk of the Nation, Ken Rudin and the guests assess the State of the Union, the story of a woman jailed for sneaking her kids into a school outside their district, reunions with long-lost siblings, and Kathy Bates.

Summary

December 7, 2010 The results are "an absolute wake-up call for America," Education Secretary Arne Duncan tells the Associated Press. "We have to deal with the brutal truth. We have to get much more serious about investing in education.'

Summary

November 1, 2010 A year of college at a public university now costs more than $50,000 — if you enroll at the University of Berkeley and don't have in-state status. Berkeley is the first public school to join the 50K club, according to College Board data.

Summary