The World from PRX

Education & Policy

Carl Sagan, and the Rise of the ‘Celebrity Scientist’
Science Friday Discussion: Negotiating the Challenges of Teaching Evolution
Science Friday Live Panel Discussion: Negotiating the Challenges of Teaching Evolution
Science Friday Joins National STEM Partnership
Ready for Take-Off: Teens Pilot Airplanes in New York City
Is ‘Brain Spyware’ In Our Future?
Should These Scientific Ideas Be Retired?
How Can We Clean Up an Oil Spill?
Q&A With Emily Graslie
Students from a high school cheer for their seniors in front of a college entrance examination hall before the exam begins in Seoul, South Korea.
Education
South Korea falls silent for college entrance exams — but students still feel the pressure
Where Do We Go From Here? Environmentalism, at a Crossroads
Interns at National Labs Do Real Science
The Business of Surgery: Has Love Been Lost?
One For All: A Natural Resources Game
10 Questions for George Church, Geneticist
Global Politics
Rural schools recruit international students to raise money
Global Politics
Obama grants 10 states waivers from strictest provisions of No Child Left Behind
Environment
America’s innovation economy
University of Texas Students Weigh in on Affirmative Action
Conflict & Justice
Brazil Embraces Affirmative Action With New Law to Boost Racial Diversity at Universities
Does the College Recruitment Brochure Depict Diversity Dreams or Realities?
New Report Reveals Half of Nation’s Schools Are Failing
Lifestyle & Belief
The Grit Scale: a new solution in the education debate
No Child Left Behind Laws Get Major Loophole
Arts, Culture & Media
Listeners respond: the language of race
Global Politics
Education Sec. Arne Duncan on education reform
Global Politics
Obama shoots for overhaul of No Child Left Behind
Global Politics
Obama to overhaul ‘No Child Left Behind’
Conflict & Justice
On the ballot: a look at Nebraska’s proposal to ban affirmative action