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For residents near Alameda Elementary, every Wednesday morning is a parade

6:58am October 13, 2022

Residents near this Portland, Ore., school cheer from the sidelines as some 200 kids roll by on bikes. Community members say the weekly event reduces traffic and pollution while promoting exercise.

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High school seniors Iksha Subba of Dallas; Nathan Ferguson of Nashville, Tenn.; Twyla Colburn of Portland, Ore.; Omar Abdellall of East Stroudsburg, Pa.; and Julia Perez of Omaha, Neb.

COVID took over their high school experience. They want senior year to be different

5:00am October 13, 2022

by Meg Anderson

For the class of 2023, every year of high school was disrupted by the pandemic. NPR talked to five seniors about what that's been like.

Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook Families

4:49pm October 12, 2022

by Frankie Graziano

Infowars host Alex Jones and Free Speech Systems have been ordered to pay nearly a billion dollars to the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.

Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes is slated to speak at Penn State University later this month — an event that has sparked protest plans and a petition. He's seen here in 2019.

Penn State is about to host the Proud Boys founder, and its students are protesting

3:20pm October 12, 2022

by Bill Chappell

As it made its case to bring Gavin McInnes to campus, a student group compared him to "many great comedians that have come before," who challenge the way people see the world.

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WS/FCS assessing security at elementary schools after student goes missing

2:51pm October 12, 2022

by Amy Diaz

A student went missing from the Hall-Woodward Elementary School playground in Winston-Salem last week.

Students at Bear River High School in Grass Valley, Calif., gather to see their school schedules during the first morning of school in August.

ACT test scores drop to their lowest in 30 years in a pandemic slide

11:10am October 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

The class of 2022's average ACT composite score was 19.8 out of 36, marking the first time since 1991 that the average score was below 20.

Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse could be the University of Florida's new president

4:53pm October 11, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Makiya Seminera, editor-in-chief of The Alligator, about protests against Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, who will most likely be the University of Florida's new president.

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Closing arguments in the Parkland shooter's trial are underway

4:53pm October 11, 2022

by Greg Allen

Closing arguments have started in the Parkland shooter's trial. He pleaded guilty to killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and could potentially receive a death sentence.

President Joe Biden and U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona announced a sweeping plan for student debt relief in August.

What to know about the application for Biden's student loan relief

3:27pm October 11, 2022

by Cory Turner

On Tuesday, the Biden administration shared new details of its debt relief application, and what borrowers will need in order to fill it out.

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WS/FCS Board of Education candidate forum to be held at Reynolds High School

3:22pm October 10, 2022

by Amy Diaz

Last week, social studies teachers at R.J.