Facing Deadlock, Libyan Rebels Struggle To Regroup
In key Libyan cities, anti-government rebels have been unable so far to dislodge forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, despite help from airstrikes and a no-fly zone from the Western coalition.
View ArticleThe secret to Germany's low youth unemployment; answers for Washington?
For as long as he can remember, German teenager Robin Dittmar has been obsessed with airplanes. As a little boy, the sound of a plane overhead would send him into the backyard to peer into the sky....
View ArticleThe next Silicon Valley? Berlin startups catching up
California's Silicon Valley remains by far the dominant arena for high-tech startups and venture capitalists looking to back innovative projects.But Europe is starting to make its mark on the startup...
View ArticlePolitical Rivals Find Common Ground Over Common Core
Supporters of the new Common Core education standards adopted by 45 states say the standards hold American students to much higher expectations, and move curriculum away from a bubble-test culture that...
View ArticleA Push To Boost Computer Science Learning, Even At An Early Age
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View ArticleCollege Applicants Sweat The SATs. Perhaps They Shouldn't
With spring fast approaching, many American high school seniors are now waiting anxiously to hear whether they got into the college or university of their choice. For many students, their scores on the...
View ArticleMaze Of College Costs And Aid Programs Traps Some Families
In the past 20 years, the average burden for a four-year college graduate in the U.S. has gone from about $9,000 to nearly $30,000 today. The percentage of students carrying debt has shot up from less...
View ArticleSome Common Misconceptions About Paying For College
In reporting on students navigating the maze of college costs and financial aid, I kept running into misconceptions about paying for a degree. Here are some of the most common ones:Low-income students...
View ArticleRethinking The Commencement Speech Tradition
Speakers bow out amid protests. Colleges continue their obsession with celebrity speakers. As this year's graduation season churns on,is it time to rethink this once noble tradition that many schools...
View ArticleGiving Boys A Bigger Emotional Toolbox
This story is part of the "Men In America" series on All Things Considered.Is America's dominant "man up" ethos a hypermasculine cultural construct, a tenet rooted in biological gender difference or...
View ArticleDigital Natives, Except When It Comes To Textbooks
The spiral of destruction.We're not talking about instability in the Middle East or Ebola.We're talking textbooks.Yesterday on All Things Considered, our friends at Planet Money explored the rise in...
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