Accessibility links
npr Ed We've been to school. We know how education works. Right? In fact, many aspects of learning — in homes, at schools, at work and elsewhere — are evolving rapidly, along with our understanding of learning. Join us as we explore how learning happens.

nprEd

HOW LEARNING HAPPENS

Monday

Kids, Meet Alexa, Your AI Mary Poppins

The new Amazon Echo Dot For Kids is that little green thing on the bedside table. Amazon hide caption

toggle caption
Amazon

NPR Ed

Kids, Meet Alexa, Your AI Mary Poppins

by 

Amazon has announced new kid-friendly features and parental controls for the Echo home assistant. What do AI experts think about encouraging kids to spend more time with Alexa?

Kids, Meet Alexa, Your AI Mary Poppins

Listen · 3:55
Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/606164343/607191098" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Sunday

Saturday

Thursday

NPR/Ipsos Poll: Most Americans Support Teachers' Right To Strike
LA Johnson/NPR

K-12

NPR/Ipsos Poll: Most Americans Support Teachers' Right To Strike

by 

Just one in four Americans, including just 36 percent of Republicans, believe teachers in this country are paid fairly. Three-quarters agree teachers have the right to strike.

NPR/Ipsos Poll: Most Americans Support Teachers' Right To Strike

Listen · 3:51
Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/604117045/605944234" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript
Casting Aside Shame And Stigma, Adults Tackle Struggles With Literacy

Robert Hartmann meets with his tutor, Sandy DeLuck, at the public library in Winterport, Maine. Hartmann reads at about a first-grade level. Melissa Block/NPR hide caption

toggle caption
Melissa Block/NPR

NPR Ed

Casting Aside Shame And Stigma, Adults Tackle Struggles With Literacy

by  , 

Over the past 25 years, U.S. adult literacy rates have not improved. Learning how to read, one adult learner says, is like "opening up a Christmas present every day."

Casting Aside Shame And Stigma, Adults Tackle Struggles With Literacy

Listen · 5:58
Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/602797769/608583092" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Wednesday

Garret Morgan (center) is training as an ironworker near Seattle and already has a job that pays him $50,000 a year.

Garret Morgan (center) is training as an ironworker near Seattle and already has a job that pays him $50,000 a year. Sy Bean/The Hechinger Report hide caption

toggle caption
Sy Bean/The Hechinger Report

NPR Ed

High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University

by  Ashley Gross ,  Jon Marcus

Huge shortages loom in the skilled trades, which require less — and cheaper — training. Should that make students rethink the four-year degree?

High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University

Listen · 3:54
Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/605092520/605839632" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript
Teacher Walkouts: A State By State Guide

Colorado teachers rally on April 16 outside the state Capitol to demand more funding for schools and oppose changes to the state's pension system. Colleen Slevin/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Colleen Slevin/AP

NPR Ed

Teacher Walkouts: A State By State Guide

by  ,  ,  Erin B. Logan

The West Virginia teachers strike in mid-February started a movement. Here's a look at what the issues are and where it's spread, including Colorado, Arizona and Kentucky.

Monday

Sunday

Friday

Why More Than A Million Teachers Can't Use Social Security
Marcus Butt/Getty Images/Ikon Images

NPR Ed

Why More Than A Million Teachers Can't Use Social Security

by 

About 40 percent of teachers live in places where their state or local pension is the only safety net they've got.

Why More Than A Million Teachers Can't Use Social Security

Listen · 3:54
Transcript
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/602846417/604423987" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Wednesday

100 Top Colleges Vow To Enroll More Low-Income Students
Vivian Shih for NPR

Higher Ed

100 Top Colleges Vow To Enroll More Low-Income Students

by 

As more schools band together to commit to recruiting and graduating 50,000 more low-income students, four college presidents discuss what it will take to get there.

100 Top Colleges Vow To Enroll More Low-Income Students

  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/602260480/604425641" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Saturday