Remember those devastating learning losses that began during the pandemic? Turns out, they began years before COVID-19. Some ...

MARTIN: OK. There were a lot of reasons why lawmakers wanted to take away cellphones in schools - I mean, student mental health, engagement, but also as a fix to declining test scores. Did the study ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Stanford education economist Thomas Dee about the latest study on schools banning cellphones.

Illinois maintained a nearly 97% vaccination rate against the measles among school-aged children, according to new data from ...

On an unseasonably warm February morning, Principal Condra Allred walked the hallways of Cleveland Elementary School's 76-year-old building wearing a pink fanny pack slung over one shoulder like a ...

With school choice programs ascendant not just in Iowa but across the U.S., Cedar Rapids offers a preview of who wins and who loses when education meets the free market.

First Listen for Friday, May 8, 2026.

Public education used to enjoy strong bipartisan support, but across the country, there’s a growing push to offer students alternatives to... In one Iowa city, public schools compete in the free ...

The Trump administration said Thursday it had launched an investigation in District 87, Ridgeview, and 34 other Illinois ...

With school choice programs ascendant not just in Iowa but across the U.S., Cedar Rapids offers a preview of who wins and who loses when education meets the free market. And I'm Scott Detrow. As in ...