Told a Story (with Emily Hanford)

Recently, Harvard faculty voted to push back on grade inflation at the institution by capping the proportion of A’s given to students at 20%. But according to a new paper, Harvard’s new policy—and grade caps in general—are not the right solution.In What Does a Grade Mean? Informa ...  Show more

Historically, many didn’t consider Alabama to be at the forefront of education, but Alabama’s pandemic recovery may be among the best in the nation.Perhaps most impressively, Alabama was the only state whose 4th-grade math NAEP scores were higher in 2024 than in 2019, and Alabama ...  Show more

In this episode of Literacy Talks, the trio excitedly welcomes Emily Hanford, the award-winning journalist and media producer whose work and Sold a Story podcast have c ...

We’re back with a new story every week until season 7 starts in the fall! Today we have for you the story of an auction gone wrong, written by 12 year old from Wisconsin named Liam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

The Public Inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower will publish its final report on Wednesday. Ahead of its findings, we're re-visiting a two-part series that looked into the failings that lead to the tragedy - and the stories of the families who lived in the tower.

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Last year, a historic legal settlement resulted in sweeping rule changes that were supposed to lower the price of buying and selling a home across the country.

But those changes would cost real-estate agents money, and so those agents, it turns out, have found ways aroun ...