Education

Author Jamil Jan Kochai reunites with his 2nd-grade teacher who taught him English

8:21am August 20, 2022

by Scott Simon

Scott Simon speaks to author Jamil Jan Kochai and his 2nd-grade teacher, Susannah Lung, who taught him how to read and write English after his family moved to the U.S. from Pakistan.

A growing number of universities are making tuition free for Native students.

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Colleges are making tuition free for Native students. Will more students graduate?

1:20pm August 19, 2022

by Emma Hall

The University of California system is the latest to announce free tuition for native students — but many say colleges shouldn't stop there.

Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation is one of more than 40 books being challenged in the Keller Independent School District.

The Bible is among dozens of books removed from this Texas school district

10:26pm August 18, 2022

by Wynne Davis

The books under review were previously challenged and placed back on shelves, but now the Keller Independent School District wants them to undergo another review with new criteria.

The 3rd school year since COVID hit has begun. Here's how students and staff feel

4:45pm August 18, 2022

by Cory Turner

Students in Jackson, Miss., are already back at their school desks. The district — like so many in the nation — is working to help students recover academically and emotionally from the pandemic.

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Guilford County Schools officials prioritize physical and mental safety of students

4:40pm August 18, 2022

by Amy Diaz

As the Guilford County School district prepares for the upcoming school year, officials say safety is the top priority.

Students wait in line to check in for the first day of school at North Jackson Elementary. As they walk in, they are greeted by their school mascot, the tiger.

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As a new year starts, schools prepare for fewer masks, more learning and joy

8:57am August 18, 2022

Schools are opening up around the country, and the third year in the shadow of a pandemic brings new challenges but also new hope.

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Some of Dr. Stan's students were also formally incarcerated like Rabia Qutab, seen above, who transitioned out of incarceration about a year ago.

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HBCUs are building a new prison-to-college pipeline

7:04pm August 17, 2022

by Sequoia Carrillo

Historically black colleges and universities are developing new pathways for formerly incarcerated people to earn a degree and transition

Author Jamil Jan Kochai and his former second-grade teacher, Susan Lung, were reunited after more than 20 years at a reading for the writer's second book, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories, in Davis, California.

It took 20 years for this author to reunite with the teacher who changed his life

6:55pm August 17, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

The writer searched for more than a decade for Susan Lung, who taught him to read and write English when he was a 7-year-old in 1999. On Saturday, she surprised him at one of his book readings.

More kids are going back to school. So why is laptop surveillance increasing?

4:59pm August 17, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Wired reporter Pia Ceres about surveillance programs on school laptops and how law enforcement's access to them creates a major privacy issue for students.

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Group pushes for High Point University to reconsider new law school dean

4:05pm August 17, 2022

by Keri Brown