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Students chat while waiting for history class to start at Oak Ridge High School in September of 1955, when the once all-white high school was desegregated by order of the Atomic Energy Commission. The Tennessee city's school board is now formally includin

Oak Ridge, Tenn., Will Teach History Of Its Black Students Who Helped End Segregation

3:49pm February 23, 2021

by Bill Chappell

"Today almost no one in America knows about this landmark Civil Rights achievement," the city council said last year, in a proclamation honoring the Oak Ridge 85.

States Must Test Student Learning This Spring, Biden Administration Says

2:07pm February 23, 2021

by Anya Kamenetz

Annual state testing was canceled last year because of the pandemic. Many states want to skip it again, but the Education Department says no.

Maintaining friendships and social networks during the pandemic often takes effort.

Young People Struggle To Keep Friends Close As Pandemic Pulls Them Apart

1:40pm February 23, 2021

by Hadia Bakkar

The pandemic has prolonged the post-graduation transition amid a tough economy. With the lack of in-person interaction, young professionals are trying to adjust to a diminishing social circle.

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CDC Guidelines For In-Person Learning Prove To Be An Impossible Task For Many Schools

4:20pm February 22, 2021

by Anya Kamenetz

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest school guidelines are running into complicated facts on the ground, especially when it comes to physical distancing and community spread.

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Why 1 Utah School District Is Embracing A Virtual Future

4:20pm February 22, 2021

by Jon Reed

Many pandemic weary families can't wait to get back to in-person school. But a Utah district is expanding its online offerings next year because some students thrive in virtual learning environments.

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Amelia Hunt (left), principal of Stevens Early Learning Center in Washington, D.C., and Dr. Craig DeWolfe, a hospitalist at Children's National.

Guards, Generosity, Patience: A Volunteer Effort To Vaccinate Public School Workers

6:05pm February 21, 2021

In Washington, D.C., hospital staff vaccinated 1,750 public school workers in one day. It was a hard-won success amid a fragmented nationwide vaccination campaign fraught with challenges.

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Pandemic Leaves Undocumented Students More Vulnerable

5:38pm February 21, 2021

by Kavitha Cardoza

Many undocumented students struggle to deal with the traumatic events from their journey to the U.S. or since arriving. Amid the pandemic it's become harder for schools to help these students cope.

French Education Minister's 'Islamo-Leftism' Probe Meets Academic Backlash

5:03pm February 21, 2021

by Eleanor Beardsley

French government ministers have accused the country's universities of failing to recognize the threat to French society posed by radical Islamists.

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The Struggle To Reopen Schools: Teachers Don't Feel Safe; Kids Are Struggling

5:03pm February 21, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Elana Sigall about her story for Chalkbeat on the debate between parents and teachers about returning to in-person learning.

Biden Tackles Student Loan Debt Forgiveness

5:19pm February 20, 2021

by Elissa Nadworny

The Biden administration is trying to figure out how much student debt to forgive and how to go about doing it — through executive action or legislation.