Education

How 2 Communities Have Approached Reopening Schools

4:26pm March 15, 2021

The CDC has all kinds of recommendations for how to open classrooms. But a year into the pandemic, many schools, including two in Massachusetts and Oklahoma, have found their own way of doing things.

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Public Schools And The Pandemic: Lessons Learned, Scars Remain

6:00am March 15, 2021

by Keri Brown

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High School STEM Competition Finalists Discuss Their Innovative Projects

5:06am March 12, 2021

Rachel Martin speaks with three of the 40 high school finalists in the Society for Science and Regeneron's annual STEM competition.

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The Superintendent For Richmond Public Schools Has A Plan For His Students

5:06am March 12, 2021

School districts across the country are looking for ways to fill the gaps from distance learning. The superintendent of Virginia's Richmond Public Schools has a plan that could be approved this month.

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Tentative Deal Reached To Reopen LA Classrooms To In-Person Learning

6:14am March 11, 2021

by Kyle Stokes

Los Angeles reached an agreement with teachers to reopen schools as soon as April 19. The plan involves all teachers being vaccinated first. It's unclear how many parents will send their kids back.

Kendra Mendoza's son, Joshua, has cerebral palsy. She says he loves school, but got little of the therapy he needed this spring.

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A Year Of School Like No Other: How A Teacher, A Student And A Parent Have Coped

6:00am March 11, 2021

We've talked with hundreds of people since the pandemic shut down schools and colleges a year ago. We checked back back in with three of them about how their lives have changed.

Less than a year after the Trump administration enacted new rules for how schools handle cases of sexual assault and harassment, President Biden is beginning the process to replace those.

Biden Begins Process To Undo Trump Administration's Title IX Rules

7:36pm March 10, 2021

by Tovia Smith

Biden's effort to change the way cases of sexual assault and harassment are handled by schools is drawing both cheers and fears. The move comes less than a year after Trump enacted the rules.

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Checking Back With A Teacher, College Student and Mother After A Year At Home

4:23pm March 10, 2021

On the one year anniversary of COVID-19-related school closures, NPR checks back in with a teacher, a college student and the mother of a student with disabilities about how the year has gone.

Miriam De La Torre receives a COVID-19 vaccine earlier this month. The LA Unified School District and the United Teachers LA union say they've reach a tentative agreement to return to in-person learning next month.

LA Schools, Teachers Reach Tentative Deal To Reopen Classrooms To In-Person Learning

1:48pm March 10, 2021

by Scott Neuman

The agreement, which still must be ratified by members of the teachers union, would see most students returning to physical classrooms for the first time in more than a year.

Young Farmers Face A Barrier Their Parents Didn't: Student Loan Debt

6:17am March 10, 2021

by Christina Stella

The average age of farmers in the U.S. is nearly 60 years old. That means younger farmers are urgently needed. A third of U.S. farmland is expected to change hands by 2035.

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