Evergreene Digest A Journal of Progress for the Rest of Us

Eric Stoller

As many public schools have failed a post-apartheid generation of children from poor townships and rural areas, a budding movement is increasingly searching for alternatives.

The New York City schools are coping with budget cuts and crowding, but are finding resolve and hope.

Dean Dad

Rosalie Arcala Hall

NPR Tell Me More Producer Lee Hill unveils the program's back-to-school education series and rallies the audience to get involved.

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A longtime counselor seeks to put the rest the "myth,'' as he calls it, that top colleges prefer an SAT score to an ACT score.

Teachers in Richmond County are beginning to use a computer program called mClass Reading 3D to record student responses to reading exercises and determine their strengths and weaknesses.

Joshua Kim

Americans now owe more in student loan debt than they do for all credit card debt, according to a recent report published by the financial aid information website FinAid.org. Host Michel Martin talks to Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of the research, about why student loan debt has hit a record high

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Forking out thousands of dollars for a college education has long been viewed as conventional wisdom when it comes to investing in career paths that bring stability and long-term financial security. But what if there were a different logic applied to financing a college education. Host Michel Martin talks to Neoga Leviner, who leads the investment group Lumni, about her organization of creative, non-traditional alternatives to paying for college.

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Dana Campbell

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Sigma Gamma Rho faces more allegations of pledge abuse, and some question whether violence among historically black Greeks is particular problem.

Even if you disagree with their research priorities, older colleagues can help you want find out how things really work, writes Rob Weir.

Colleges need a full agenda -- not just federal aid -- to serve this key population of students, writes Steven Knapp.

Valdosta State University and its former president, Ronald M. Zaccari, violated the due process rights of a student when they kicked him out in 2007 without giving him a hearing and advance notice of the charges against him, a federal judge ruled last week. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by T. Hayden Barnes, who was "administratively withdrawn" by Valdosta officials after he vigorously criticized administrators' decision making in flyers, on Facebook and in other venues. The judge ruled that Zaccari is personally liable for damages, forfeiting qualified immunity because he ignored standing law. "This crucial victory makes clear that no university president is above the law," said Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which represented Barnes. "Hayden's long nightmare is over and justice has been served. Ronald Zaccari will be held personally accountable for his flagrant disregard of Hayden's constitutional rights."