Education

UC Santa Cruz Fires Over 70 Striking Graduate Teaching Assistants

5:03pm March 05, 2020

by Erika Mahoney

The University of California, Santa Cruz has fired 74 graduate teaching assistants for their refusal to end a strike. They withheld fall grades in an effort to demand higher wages.

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Students sit for an exam in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday. In the nation's capital, New Delhi, all primary schools have been ordered closed until March 31 because of coronavirus concerns.

As Schools Close Because Of Coronavirus, Nearly 300 Million Kids Aren't In Class

4:54pm March 05, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

According to the United Nations, almost two dozen countries on three continents have closed schools because of the virus. China by far has the most students affected: more than 233 million.

Joyful Kids, Frayed Parents When COVID-19 Scare Closes German School

11:12am March 05, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

One of the first schools to close in Germany because of a student's possible link to the coronavirus, is also the one attended by the children of NPR's Berlin correspondent.

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Seattle School Superintendent On Her District's Coronavirus Response

4:20pm March 04, 2020

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Denise Juneau, superintendent of Seattle Public Schools, about how schools are preparing for future potential spread of the novel coronavirus.

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Local Voters Asked To Aid In Education Shortfalls

3:25pm March 04, 2020

by Keri Brown

Several North Carolina counties put a sales tax referendum on the primary ballot to help pay for education. In Forsyth County, voters approved a measure to boost teacher pay.

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill on Feb. 27.

Letters Urge Betsy DeVos To Erase Student Loans For Borrowers With Disabilities

9:45am March 03, 2020

by Cory Turner

A broad coalition of student loan advocates is urging the U.S. education secretary to make good on federal legal protections for student borrowers with severe disabilities.

Parents Criticize Washington State School Efforts To Protect Against Coronavirus

7:41am March 03, 2020

by Ann Dornfeld

Schools in the Puget Sound region of Washington state are taking a number of precautions given the coronavirus outbreak there. Some are closing; others are disinfecting buildings.

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Should Transgender Students Be Allowed To Compete In Women's Athletics?

6:36am March 03, 2020

by Frankie Graziano

Attorneys for three female high school athletes in Connecticut have filed a lawsuit in federal court to stop transgender athletes from running track events against their clients.

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A South Carolina law prohibits teachers from discussing relationships that are not heterosexual, unless they're talking about sexually transmitted infections.

LGBTQ Youth Fight For Equality In Sex Ed In South Carolina Classrooms

10:53am March 01, 2020

by Hannah Hagemann

A 32-year-old law makes it illegal for teachers in that state to speak about queer relationships, unless it's about sexually transmitted infections. But a federal lawsuit could change that.

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Years Before Brown v. Board Of Education, There Was A Lawsuit For 'Equalization'

8:21am February 29, 2020

by Robbie Harris

Few remember a Virginia case in which an African American principal started a petition for equal school facilities and teacher pay in Pulaski, Va.