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Glenn Youngkin, governor-elect of Virginia, holds a broom while greeting attendees after speaking during an election night event in Chantilly, Va. Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia's closely watched governor's race.

Why education was a top voter priority this election

This week's election results show education issues foremost in the minds of many voters, and suggest many parents may be seeking a course correction after 18 months of disruptions.

Energy Companies Step In To Fund STEM Education

Many public high schools lack funding for STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Math — programs. Energy companies worried about finding future employees are donating to schools.

C.J. Forza, a student in the I-BEST program in Washington state, repairs a car for class at Shoreline Community College.

How To Turn Adult Education Into Careers, Quickly

A typical adult education program can take years for those who dropped out of high school. But a model that started in Washington state shortens that time and uses a combination of team teaching, internships and extra support to boost student skills and get them into the workforce.

Arne Duncan with Lawanda Crayton, whom he mentored when she was a child in Chicago.

The Outgoing Education Secretary Reunites With A Former Student

Arne Duncan catches up with one of the young students he mentored more than 25 years ago — a young woman who he says inspires him.

Pakistani men who worked for the Taliban attend a class at Mishal, an army-run rehabilitation center in Pakistan's Swat Valley, on July 5, 2011. This and similar centers are trying to re-educate men taken in by the Taliban, who ruled Swat before the military drove out the insurgents in 2009.

Pakistan's Ambitious Program To Re-Educate Militants

Pakistan's isolated Swat Valley is ground zero for a quiet experiment by the Pakistani army: a little-known program aimed at re-educating thousands of young men who were taken in by the Taliban. Using international funds and a contingent of army officers, Pakistan is trying to turn would-be terrorists into law-abiding citizens.

Steamy Novel An 'Education' In Youth, Love And Mistakes

Susan Choi departs from research-heavy books to write about people and relationships — and winds up writing about love and sex. My Education looks at a graduate student who doesn't learn what she anticipated.

New standardized tests put more emphasis on using evidence to support arguments.

An Education Reporter Puts Himself To The (Standardized) Test

New Common Core teaching standards mean new standardized exams. NPR's Cory Turner took one himself and reports on what's changed.

Christian Telecast Educates Faithful on High Court

More than 3,000 supporters gather at a Baptist church in Nashville for a video broadcast called Justice Sunday II. Evangelical leaders called on conservative Christians to get involved and to fight what they call activist judges.

Government employees demonstrate against the Spanish government's austerity measures in Madrid, on Friday. The economic situation has forced some Spaniards to leave the country for work.

Spain's Crisis Pushes Educated Into 'Economic Exile'

Debt, austerity and joblessness have prompted more people to leave the country in search of work. In the first six months of 2012, emigration from Spain is up more than 44 percent from the same period last year. The Spanish government denies it, but the "brain drain" has become something of a flood.

Shayna Terrell is the outreach coordinator at Simon Gratz Mastery Charter School in Philadelphia.

Charter Schools In Philadelphia: Educating Without A Blueprint

A few short years ago, Simon Gratz in North Philadelphia was among the state's most troubled, violent and academically underachieving high schools. Today, now a charter school, Gratz is very much on the rebound. But critics say Philadelphia can't charter its way out of its school crisis.

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