Education

Teachers Weigh In On Whether Schools Should Reopen This Fall

7:58am July 12, 2020

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with teachers from around the country about how they feel about public schools reopening in the fall, amid a pandemic and rising infection rates.

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San Antonio Pre-K Program Seeks To Fix Achievement Gap

6:01pm July 11, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sarah Baray, CEO of "Pre-K for SA," about the importance of early learning programs in mitigating education inequality.

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Tracy Harris, a Des Moines Public Schools custodian, cleans chairs at a local elementary school in early July.

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Ask Us Your Questions About Reopening Schools — We'll Find The Answers

11:36am July 11, 2020

Share your questions about how schools and districts are planning for the next school year. NPR reporters will answer them.

Pediatrician Makes Case For Reopening Schools This Fall

10:28am July 11, 2020

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Sara Bode, pediatrician and member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, about sending students back to school this fall.

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In Nairobi's Kibera slum in April, Nancy Andeka, 45, teaches her and her neighbor's children at home as schools are closed due to the coronavirus.

As Kenya Keeps Schools Shut, Teen Pregnancies Are Rising

10:21am July 11, 2020

by Eyder Peralta

The country's schools are closed until January as the coronavirus surges. Meanwhile, officials say there's an increase in underage expecting mothers.

Children arrive at Hong Kong's Maryknoll Fathers' Primary School on June 8, the first day of classes since the COVID-19 outbreak.

PHOTOS: How Hong Kong Reopened Schools — And Why It Closed Them Again

7:14pm July 10, 2020

by Laurel Chor

Schools were shut when the novel coronavirus first became a concern. Here's how Hong Kong handled re-opening — and now, a second closing due to a spike in cases.

A field trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., led by Kimberly Grayson, the principal of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College in Denver, inspired some of her students to demand a more inclusive school

Denver School Principal On How Black Students Led Swift Changes To History Curriculum

7:03pm July 10, 2020

Kimberly Grayson took her high schoolers to the African American history museum in D.C. When students pressed their white teachers to take the same trip, a revised history curriculum quickly followed.

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Children in an elementary school class wearing masks enter the classroom with desks spaced apart as per coronavirus guidelines in Monterey Park, Calif.

Florida Teachers Union Leader: 'We Do Not Want To Be The Petri Dish For America'

5:36pm July 10, 2020

by Christianna Silva

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Fedrick Ingram, head of the Florida Education Association, about the state's decision to require schools to reopen this fall with in-person classes.

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Illustration depicting adults and school-children wearing masks.

Nation's Pediatricians Walk Back Support For In-Person School

4:41pm July 10, 2020

by Anya Kamenetz

In a new statement made jointly with teachers unions, the American Academy of Pediatrics now says "science and community circumstances must guide decision-making."

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks this week during a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing.

Education

Education Department Announces It Won't Punish Colleges For Reconsidering Student Aid

4:05pm July 10, 2020

by Cory Turner

In June, NPR reported that the department was making it harder for colleges to reconsider aid for students whose finances have changed. On Thursday, the agency reversed course.