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High school graduates from Yukon, Oklahoma go back to their roots

7:29am June 06, 2022

by Robby Korth

Every year, graduating seniors from Yukon High School in Yukon, Okla., go back to the local elementary school for a "Senior Sendoff" with their former childhood teachers.

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College debt is one of the largest financial burdens young people face today

9:33am June 05, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Nearly half of college students who take out loans for school don't finish within six years. Isabelle Praget is struggling with this kind of debt, and she speaks with Ayesha Rascoe about it.

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A new effort led by principals shares best practices for handling school shootings

5:11pm June 04, 2022

The Principal Recovery Network is a group of school leaders who have experienced gun violence. NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks to member George Roberts about how schools move forward after a shooting.

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What the loan forgiveness means for a former Corinthian Colleges student

5:11pm June 04, 2022

The Department of Education will forgive all federal loans for students of the now-defunct company. NPR's Elissa Nadworny discusses this with former student Ann Bowers and reporter Josh Mitchell.

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Kids with hearing loss will now learn spoken English and ASL in Los Angeles schools

8:57am June 04, 2022

by Kyle Stokes

Los Angeles schools will now teach both American Sign Language and spoken English to younger students. The policy change is meant to correct a history of suppressing ASL. But some say it goes too far.

Student who turned to activism after a mass shooting feels more urgency but less hope

5:13pm June 03, 2022

by Tovia Smith

Students have been personally affected by mass shootings, including the 2012 attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School. A local student-turned-activist in Newton, Conn., sees the work as more urgent now.

People sit Feb. 14 in front of a photo display of the 17 people killed four years earlier during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

A teacher who was at the Parkland shooting offers advice for the Uvalde survivors

11:33am June 03, 2022

Kim Krawczyk, a teacher who survived the Parkland, Fla., school shooting in 2018, shares advice for the community in Uvalde, Texas, after last week's mass shooting there.

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Thousands of high schoolers protested after Parkland. This one says little changed

4:39pm June 02, 2022

by Shaylee Ragar

One of thousands of high school students who walked out of class demanding action after the Parkland shooting says that there has been no meaningful reform, and America's politics are ruled by fear.

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Guilford College president starts community dialogue project on economic inclusion

10:41am June 02, 2022

by Paul Garber

Kyle Farmbry recently wrapped up his first semester as president of Guilford College.

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Students wait outside Everest College in Industry, Calif., in April, 2015, hoping to get their transcriptions and information on loan forgiveness and transferring credits to other schools.

U.S. will forgive $5.8 billion of loans to Corinthian Colleges students

10:09am June 02, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Students affected do not have to take any further action to secure their funds, and the Department of Education will begin notifying those students soon, the agency said.