Education

Graduating High School During A Recession Could Be A Good Thing, Study Finds

6:59am June 17, 2020

by Shankar Vedantam

Recessions typically damage workers' long-term earnings. NPR's Hidden Brain podcast explains how a study found that students graduating from high school during a recession may be an exception.

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What Big Changes The Pandemic May Bring To School Classrooms

4:06pm June 16, 2020

by Anya Kamenetz

More than half of American parents plan to continue home-based education in the fall, a recent poll shows. Educational innovators got some radical ideas about how to improve learning in COVID-19 era.

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Milo Greer from Brooklyn, N.Y., drew himself and his friend because he "misses him so much."

Education

'Dear NPR': In Postcards From The Shutdown, Kids Show Us Life — And Learning

1:11pm June 16, 2020

From online soccer to missing Grandma, children all over the country sent us postcards about their lives. Along the way, they gave us a glimpse of what it's like to be a kid right now.

Politics & Government

Teacher Bonus Bill Penned By Republicans Clears N.C. Senate

9:55am June 16, 2020

by Associated Press

Lainy Morse shows students Wesley Schmidt and Celeste Abraldes a bearded dragon in a photo taken when school was open.

A Teacher Ponders Risk Of Returning To Work While Being Paid Less Than Unemployment

7:01am June 16, 2020

by Scott Horsley

Lainy Morse, a preschool teacher, dreads going back to a classroom filled with kids who don't understand hand-washing or social distancing. And she'd make less than she does on unemployment.

Education

Summer Reading Takes Flight In Virginia School District

6:08am June 16, 2020

Montgomery County Public Schools in Southwestern Virginia uses a company called Wing. One of the company's small drones hovers 23 feet over a student's house and it drops the book on a cable.

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India, Eva, and Alex Drummond ride the chair lift up to Eva's graduation ceremony.

Ski Town Grads Ride The Chairlift To Collect Their Diplomas

7:55pm June 15, 2020

by Sarah Gibson

"Out of all the different types of graduations different high schools are having, I think this is the coolest," says one senior at Kennett High School in North Conway, N.H.

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Frozen in time: Theater Director David Miller returned to Zeeland High School in western Michigan weeks after his students' scheduled performance, to find the set still up.

Performing In A Pandemic: Taking The High School Play Online

5:39pm June 14, 2020

by Sequoia Carrillo

Students look forward all year to their big end-of-year productions. This year, many educators got creative in helping their student shine — despite the shutdown due to COVID-19

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Week In Politics: Millions May Remain Unemployed For Extended Period, COVID-19 Cases Spike

8:00am June 13, 2020

Coronavirus infections spike in several states, and the Federal Reserve predicts millions of Americans will be unemployed for an extended period of time.

Dear Class Of 2020: Pandemic Solidifies Cashier's Dream To Be A Nurse

6:14am June 12, 2020

Graduating senior Haley Watts, a grocery store cashier in Atlanta, delivers a message to the class of 2020. She graduated from Chamblee Charter High School.

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