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Tell Me More with Michel Martin will host a live radio broadcast and Twitter Education Forum at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday, asking whether education is the civil rights challenge of our time. Join the conversation on Twitter using #NPRedchat.

It's been a good year for Tesla Motors and its Model S luxury sedan in California, where Tesla is selling more cars than Porsche, Jaguar, Lincoln, or Buick. In 2013, the company has sold 4,714 cars in the state, according to the California New Car Dealers Association.

Consumer confidence and home prices continue to rise. But they're not moving up quickly. Both are key economic indicators.

Parent advocates and a new federal law making accessible play areas a civil right are changing the landscape for public playgrounds.

A community-edited guide to accessible playgrounds. So far, we've identified more than 1,200. Help us find more.

Tell Me More Editor Ammad Omar highlights some of the Twitter education conversations going on at #NPREdChat.

Host Michel Martin gets perspective from two recent high school grads on what's working, and what isn't in schools. She speaks with Elijah Miles, a freshman at Morgan State University in Maryland, and Kashawn Campbell, a sophomore at UC Berkley.

NPR Education Correspondent Claudio Sanchez opens up his notebook to share some of the education stories he's been covering this year. He talks with host Michel Martin about claims of segregation in Memphis schools, and the controversy over new education standards.

Host Michel Martin hears from a group of teachers about how education policies and technology are changing today's classrooms. She's joined by fifth grade teacher Rafe Esquith, third grade teacher Tequila Pennington-Calwise and school librarian Elissa Malespina.

Tell Me More checks in with the U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, about the biggest challenges educators, parents and students face in schools today. He talks with host Michel Martin about education as a civil rights issue.