Education

A Chicago principal on challenges facing schools right now

5:23pm January 27, 2022

NPR's Asma Khalid talks with Principal Seth Lavin on how COVID-19 has impacted his Chicago school. The school district canceled class for 5 days in January when teachers protested working conditions.

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Salomon Abend, second from the left, at Beaune La Rolande.

A discovery of Holocaust-era photos helps a Jewish family connect with its past

5:23pm January 27, 2022

by Greg Allen

A box of photos discovered more than 30 years ago includes pictures of an internment camp and many who died at Auschwitz. The photos were recently reunited with the Jewish family they belong to.

School offers full tuition to 58 students after a scholarship award message error

4:48pm January 27, 2022

by The Associated Press

A test of Central Michigan University's new messaging system "inadvertently" told 58 students they won an award that provides full tuition, room and board, money toward books and supplies and $5,000.

The American flag flies at half-staff on Dec. 2, 2021, outside of Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich.

The teen charged in a Michigan school shooting will pursue an insanity defense

4:28pm January 27, 2022

by The Associated Press

A 15-year-old charged with killing four students at a Michigan high school will pursue an insanity defense as he, his parents and school officials face a new lawsuit over the November attack.

Woman and her children circle the Penrose stairs of funding.

The expanded child tax credit briefly slashed child poverty. Here's what else it did

12:34pm January 27, 2022

by Cory Turner

The monthly cash payments reached more than 61 million kids in December alone. Most low-income families spent the money on basic needs like food, clothing and utility bills.

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New York's mask mandate temporarily restored by appeals judge

7:31pm January 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

Monday's ruling that overturned the mandate caused confusion, with some school administrators quickly announcing masks would be optional and others continuing to enforce wearing them.

After 10 days in office, Virginia Gov. Youngkin is facing blowback over new policies

5:23pm January 25, 2022

by Ben Paviour

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's administration is pushing a conservative agenda including banning masks in schools, firing professors and urging parents to report critical race theory.

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Starting in 2024, U.S. students will take the SAT entirely online

5:23pm January 25, 2022

by Elissa Nadworny

The College Board, the organization behind the test, also announced that the exam will shrink from three hours to two, and students will be able to use a calculator for the math section.

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The Los Angeles Unified School District has a new superintendent

6:53am January 25, 2022

NPR's A Martinez speaks to Superintendent Alberto Carvalho about the challenges facing schools amid the omicron surge. Carvalho talks about his goals for the nation's second largest school district.

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No relief yet from bus driver shortages for Guilford's urban high schools

8:35pm January 23, 2022

by Paul Garber

Guilford County Schools is extending a suspension of school bus service for some students as a shortage of bus drivers continues.