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Cory Turner reports and edits for the NPR Ed team. He's helped lead several of the team's signature reporting projects, including "The Truth About America's Graduation Rate" (2015), the groundbreaking "School Money" series (2016), "Raising Kings: A Year Of Love And Struggle At Ron Brown College Prep" (2017), and the NPR Life Kit parenting podcast with Sesame Workshop (2019). His year-long investigation with NPR's Chris Arnold, "The Trouble With TEACH Grants" (2018), led the U.S. Department of Education to change the rules of a troubled federal grant program that had unfairly hurt thousands of teachers.

When José moved his family to the U.S. from Mexico nearly two decades ago, he had hopes of giving his children a better life.But now he worries about the…

This week: A new therapeutic court offers a way to cope for victims of sex trafficking. American Stem Cell tourists might not have to leave the country to…

The plan, developed by a task force of experts, calls for decreasing the number of overdose deaths by a third in three years. In the past few years,…

Snyder and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. During the hearing, there were multiple calls for their resignations.

In parts of the country hit hard by addiction, some public health officials are considering running sites where people can use heroin and other illegal…

Indiana’s maternal and infant mortality rates are far higher than the national average. Experts say one of the reasons is a lack of access to care…

Now more than ever, it’s important for journalists to listen to their communities. That’s why Side Effects Public Media is launching the Midwest Checkup,…

Results trump courtesies when a person's health is on the line, some people said. No, others responded, saying that proper treatment also requires a human touch.

In 2007 I spent a lot of time pondering the question, “Why me?” For many years, I had enjoyed a wonderful legal career and a good life with my husband and…