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As responsibility for transportation shifts to families, the question of how to replace the traditional yellow bus has become an urgent problem and a spark for innovation.

In schools nationwide, educators are hoping to empower students with knowledge and inspire them to dream up ways to ensure a better climate future. At a high school in Bloomington, Indiana, students pitched their ideas to scientists this past spring. ...

It's been nearly three years since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and despite huge losses on both sides, there is no sign that Putin's war machine is letting up. Cotton is used to make gunpowder and explosives and Russia has a steady .. ...

Sixteen Republican-led states had urged the court to take up the parents' case.

In 1958, when John Cruitt's mother died, his third-grade teacher made a small gesture of kindness that meant a great deal to him. In this animated feature from our partners at StoryCorps, he sat down with Cecile Doyle decades later to tell her how .. ...

The economy was an important issue in the election, helping to propel Donald Trump to victory. But for borrowers, concerns about their finances extend beyond inflation to include their student debt.

"It's the whole gamut of life skills," said Christina Lloyd, a family and consumer sciences teacher in Center Ridge, Arkansas. The focus of her classes includes both hard skills, like financial literacy, and soft skills, like how to present oneself . ...

American politics are divided in many ways, including based on their education background. To explore this so-called diploma divide, Judy Woodruff visited two neighboring, but very different, counties in Michigan where both candidates have repeatedly ...

The issue of education in America has barely been discussed in this campaign, despite there being very sharp differences between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on how best to teach children into the future. William Brangham looks into their positions ...

St. Louis teacher Rodney Wilson founded LGBTQ History Month 30 years ago. He recently spoke to communities correspondent Gabrielle Hays about coming out to his students in 1994 and his hope for a more understanding society.