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The pandemic widened the education gap for students of color

8:52am July 17, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Test scores of Latino students fell sharply during the pandemic. Ayesha Rascoe talks with Amalia Chamorro, education policy director for UNIDOS U.S., about the findings.

Some parents fear Uvalde schools' safety upgrades won't be ready by new school year

4:42pm July 15, 2022

by Adrian Florido

The school district in Uvalde, Texas, promised safety upgrades before the new school year begins, but some parents fear they won't be done in time and are considering keeping their kids at home.

Andrew Delbanco, professor of American Studies at Columbia University, will deliver the 2022 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities.

Andrew Delbanco is named this year's Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities

12:01pm July 14, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The honorary lecture series is deemed the highest honor the federal government gives for intellectual achievement in the humanities.

The U.S. student population is more diverse, but schools are still highly segregated

9:21am July 14, 2022

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office finds that public schools remain highly segregated along racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines. One reason: school district secession.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a news conference at Crooms Academy of Information Technology in Sanford to discuss Florida's civics education initiative of unbiased history teachings.

Florida Gov. DeSantis takes aim at what he sees as indoctrination in schools

12:48pm July 13, 2022

by Greg Allen

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed bills that limit how race and sexual orientation can be taught. He says students have been getting a "distorted" view of history.

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How Florida's Gov. DeSantis is exerting more control over the state's schools

5:00am July 13, 2022

by Greg Allen

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has gained a national profile by focusing on "culture wars," including how race and gender are taught in schools. But his education agenda goes much further.

A teenage girl wearing a face mask, head scarf and long black robe listens to a math teacher at a tutoring center in Kabul. The center was established by a women's rights activist to circumvent a Taliban ban on girls attending secondary school. The activi

Secret schools enable Afghanistan's teen girls to skirt Taliban's education ban

4:29pm July 12, 2022

The official rule: no secondary school for girls. But behind a veil of secrecy, women are opening small schools so that at least some of these teenagers are able to continue learning

Native Americans tell Haaland their stories of being forced into boarding schools

8:02am July 10, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Ramona Klein, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, about a listening tour among Native Americans by U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.

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Life Kit: Activism doesn't have to be intimidating

5:11pm July 09, 2022

by Andee Tagle

These days there are plenty of causes that may call you to action. NPR's Life Kit provides different view on what it means to be an activist.

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California law ensures a later start time for middle and high school students

8:06am July 09, 2022

by Scott Simon

Students and a sleep scientist share their views on a new California law mandating the school day start no earlier than 8 a.m. for middle grades and 8:30 a.m. for high schoolers.