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Colleges of education spend more than $6 billion every year preparing classroom teachers, but few students graduate ready to teach, according to a new study.

Study Delivers Failing Grades For Many Programs Training Teachers

The NCTQ study is the second in two years that argues that schools of education are in disarray.

Bill Robinson, as the butler, teaches Shirley Temple his world-famous stair dance in a scene from<em> The Little Colonel</em> in 1935.

Shirley Temple Dies; Childhood Movie Star Became Diplomat

Her singing and dancing in movies charmed millions during the Great Depression, when she was the top box-office draw. After leaving show business, Temple (known in her private life as Shirley Temple Black) was an ambassador. She represented the nation at the U.N. and in Prague during the Cold War.

Megan Yurko and her horse, Beea. Now 16, Megan has been cowgirl barrel racing since the age of 6.

Sweet 16 And Barreling Toward Cowgirl Racing Fame

High schooler Megan Yurko won more than $21,000 last year in cowgirl barrel races. The sport requires circling three barrels in a cloverleaf pattern at top speed, and Yurko hopes she'll leave this weekend's world championship competition as the top ranked racer.

Oscar Tshiebwe of Kentucky, left, is introduced as The Associated Press men's basketball player of the year, by Barry Bedlan, AP global director of text and new markets products, in New Orleans, Friday, April 1, 2022. The 6-foot-9, 255-pound junior received 46 of 60 votes from a national media panel. Wisconsin's Johnny Davis was second with 10 votes. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Kentucky's Tshiebwe named AP men's college player of year

Oscar Tshiebwe of Kentucky is The Associated Press men's college basketball player of the year. The 6-foot-9, 255-pound junior received 46 of 60 votes from a national media panel.

The megalodon maybe wasn't so mega, research suggests

The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth — until now. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on January 23m 2023.)

Kenji Lopez-Alt is managing culinary director of Serious Eats, author of the James Beard Award-nominated column "The Food Lab," and a columnist for <em>Cooking Light.</em> His first book is <em>The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science.</em>

A Kitchen Science Savant Shares His Secrets In 'The Food Lab'

Kenji Lopez-Alt left a restaurant job to test and write about the mysteries of food science. His new book details findings from how best to sear a steak to how to get more golden pancakes.

Virtual dementia tour part of UK HR senior caregivers week Nov. 1-3

November is both National Caregiver’s Month and National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. UK HR Elder Care will be hosting a Senior Caregiving Week offering two great caregiving events November 1-3. Dr. Greg gets a preview from UK Eldercare specialist Terri Weber and shares his own profound revelations from taking the virtual dementia tour several years ago.

What to know about Opill; the first FDA approved over the counter birth control pill

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill. The daily oral contraceptive, called Opill, will be available without a prescription. On this edition of Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine the host talks with UK OB-GYN Assistant Professors Kourtney Grant and Pamela ("Tess") Smallwood.

Alison Richards

Award-winning science journalist Alison Richards is deputy supervising senior editor for NPR's science desk.

Stefan Fatsis

Stefan Fatsis began talking about "sports and the business of sports" with the hosts of All Things Considered in 1998. Since then he has been a familiar weekly voice on the games themselves and their financial, legal and social implications.

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