Cory Turner
Cory Turner reports and edits for the NPR Ed team. He's helped lead several of the team's signature reporting projects, including "" (2015), the groundbreaking "" series (2016), "" (2017), and the NPR with Sesame Workshop (2019). His year-long investigation with NPR's Chris Arnold, "" (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.
Before coming to NPR Ed, Cory stuck his head inside the and spent five years as Senior Editor of All Things Considered. His life at NPR began in 2004 with a two-week assignment booking for The Tavis Smiley Show.
In 2000, Cory earned a master's in screenwriting from the University of Southern California and spent several years reading gas meters for the So. Cal. Gas Company. He was only bitten by one dog, a Lhasa Apso, and wrote a you've never seen.
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Superintendents across the country say they're eager to get kids back in schools 鈥� safely. In communities with coronavirus cases soaring, some leaders say remote learning is the only safe option. -
NPR science and education reporters answer questions submitted by listeners about the coming school year.
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With state income and sales tax revenues crashing, one expert predicts, "We're about to see a school funding crisis unlike anything we have ever seen in modern history." -
The coronavirus is raising a lot of questions for parents, from how to talk to children about it to weathering school closures to screen time strategies when you're home with little ones. -
Closing schools can slow the spread of disease and, in turn, save lives. But it also causes huge disruptions, especially for children who depend on the free and reduced-cost meals they get at school. -
The pending federal rule changes could push a million kids off free or reduced-price school meals, at least temporarily. -
When a loan forgiveness program for public servants wasn't working, Congress created a temporary fix. A new report shows that the program didn't fix much. -
The department's own inspector general says student loan companies aren't following the rules, and that the government isn't doing enough to hold them accountable. -
The city is investing big in its kids, and other cities and states are taking notes. -
States and school districts are struggling to navigate the flood of new materials claiming to be Common Core-aligned.
