NPR Topics: Education Podcast

Stories: 1) All Races Attracted To HBCU Campuses 2) Latino High School Grads Enter College At Record Rate 3) Utah Charter School Nurtures Entrepreneurial Spirit 4) LA Schools Throw Out Suspensions For 'Willful Defiance'

Stories: 1) How One College Is Closing The Computer Science Gender Gap 2) 30 Years On, Educators Still Divided On Scathing Schools Report 3) Dissatisfied, Parents In Indianapolis Start Their Own School 4) Suspension Rates 'Shock The Conscience,' Says Researcher

Story: Activists, filmmakers, and even the president invoke the conventional wisdom that there are more black men in prison than in college. Ivory Toldson, a professor at Howard University, says that's a myth; he explains his findings to host Michel Martin.

Stories: 1) Creative Classes: An Artful Approach To Improving Performance 2) More Than 50 Years Of Putting Kids' Creativity To The Test 3) At The Spelling Bee, Spelling Is No Longer Enough 4) Jazz In The Cafeteria: Kids Learn To Listen While They Chomp

Stories: 1) Loan Education Becomes Prerequisite As Student Debt Balloons 2) Cursive Club Tries To Keep Handwriting Alive 3) Even 'Highly Motivated' Students Aren't Ready For College 4) Getting Over Rejection, From College

Stories: 1) A Hot Topic: Climate Change Coming To Classrooms 2) Phoenix Schools Under Fire For Program Linked To Scientology 3) Chicago Teachers, Parents Riled By Plan To Close 54 Public Schools 4) After Newtown Shooting, New Attention Focused On Armed School Officers

Stories: 1) How To Be The Good Guy With A Gun At School 2) School Closings: How Administrations Decide 3) Controversial Chicago School Closings Outrage Parents, Teachers

Stories: 1) News Corp. Education Tablet: For The Love Of Learning? 2) Faced With Massive Budget Cuts, Philadelphia Plans To Shutter 23 Schools 3) Are There Too Many Ph.D.s And Not Enough Jobs? 4) Harvard Searched Resident Deans' Email Accounts After Cheating Scandal Leak

Stories: 1) Florida Atlantic Donation Sparks Outrage, But University Doesn't Budge 2) Teaching 2.0: Is Tech In The Classroom Worth The Cost? 3) Skipping Out On College And 'Hacking Your Education' 4) Manslaughter Charges Upgraded In Florida A&M Hazing Case

Stories: 1) Commission's Report Outlines Education Priorities 2) Educators Brace For Sequestration 3) Colleges Prepare For Automatic Federal Budget Cuts 4) Students Vote To Drop 'Redskins'