How Indiana's school cell phone ban is playing out
Indiana’s law restricting cell phones in schools went into effect this summer. NPR visited two high schools in the Indianapolis area to see how it's playing out.
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Surry County Schools to use metal detectors at athletic events
The announcement comes about eight months after the district implemented a clear bag policy for sporting events.
Teens are losing interest in school, and say they hear about college 'a lot'
A new poll finds Gen Z teens are optimistic about the future but feeling less engaged at school.
Students and faculty protest Indiana University's new rules on campus demonstrations
On the first day of school at Indiana University, there was a smaller version of demonstrations held last spring. Students and faculty held a vigil to protest new restrictions on campus speech.
Supreme Court rebuffs Biden administration plea to restore SAVE student debt plan
The justices rejected an administration request to put most of the latest multibillion-dollar plan back into effect while lawsuits make their way through lower courts.
WS/FCS Board of Education approves construction bid for new Brunson Elementary School
Brunson Elementary School will be North Carolina’s first public school to be built on a Brownfields site.
Were you sent home from school for head lice? Here’s why that’s no longer recommended
Guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says kids can stay in school. A pediatrician explains why that makes sense.
'Institutional neutrality': How one university walks a fine line on Gaza protests
School is back in session, and the line between providing campus security and allowing for free speech is still extremely thin.
Quiz: Do you know your economic history?
Time to show your economic history skills based on what we’ve covered in Planet Money Summer School 2024: An Incomplete Economic History of the World. Make it through the quiz, and receive a — and we cannot stress this enough — totally fake (yet well-earned) diploma.
American public schools face an existential enrollment crisis
NPR’s Juana Summers talks with ProPublica ’s Alec MacGillis about his recent reporting on how declining enrollment is a crisis for American public schools.