Education

Kids with hearing loss will now learn spoken English and ASL in Los Angeles schools

4:42pm June 01, 2022

by Kyle Stokes

Los Angeles schools will now teach both American Sign Language and spoken English to younger students. The policy change is meant to correct a history of suppressing ASL. But some say it goes too far.

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Balloons and caution tape are seen at the entrance to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday. Investigators had initially said a teacher left a back door propped open at the school, but that account has now shifted.

The story about how the Uvalde gunman entered the school is shifting

3:42pm June 01, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Texas officials had said a teacher propped door open at Robb Elementary just before a gunman entered and carried out a mass shooting — but they now acknowledge that the woman closed the door.

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo (third from left) stands during a news conference outside Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last Thursday. Arredondo is being criticized over the police response to the mas

Investigators say the Uvalde school district police chief isn't talking to them

12:49pm June 01, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Pete Arredondo and his department have been under new scrutiny since DPS Director Steven McCraw said the incident commander — later confirmed to be Arredondo — made a critical error.

What Robb Elementary School has meant in Uvalde's history of Mexican activism

5:03pm May 31, 2022

by Adrian Florido

In 1970, Mexican-American families whose children attended Robb Elementary staged a walkout, making it a pivotal place in the community. Now, some wonder if the school can remain after the shooting.

Anger over issues such as the mask mandate galvanized families — like these seen at the Hillsborough County School Board in Tampa, Fla., last year — into running for school board. Progressive groups are taking a leaf out of their playbook.

Progressives take a leaf out of the conservative playbook to target school boards

3:09pm May 31, 2022

by Danielle Kurtzleben

There has been a groundswell of conservative enthusiasm around school politics in the last few years. Progressives are hoping to have their own source of organization to counter that enthusiasm.

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A teacher cleans a desk in a classroom during a media tour at Dorothy Eisenberg Elementary School in Las Vegas.

'Who Will Clean Out The Desks' — A crowdsourced poem in praise of teachers

5:57am May 31, 2022

by Rachel Martin

As part of teacher appreciation month, Morning Edition asked NPR's audience to write a poem about teachers who have had an impact on their lives.

Students gather a sit-in at Seattle Pacific University on May 26, 2022.

Students protest against a Seattle university's ban on hiring LGBTQ employees

5:00am May 30, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Seattle Pacific University Board of Trustees Chair Cedric Davis says the trustees made their decision based on what they believed was most in line with the college's mission, according to a statement.

A teacher struggles to face students after the Texas school massacre

5:19pm May 28, 2022

Fifth-grade teacher Lindsey Vaccarezza talks about how she and her elementary school are responding to this week's massacre in Uvalde.

Police officers walk past a makeshift memorial for the shooting victims at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Thursday.

The Uvalde shooting renews questions about school security

12:17pm May 28, 2022

Texas has tightened security at schools considerably over the past four years. But the new protective measures came up short earlier this week in Uvalde.

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A survivor of the Columbine shooting returned to teach at the school

7:26am May 27, 2022

In this week's StoryCorps, we hear about a student who endured the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, and later returned to the school as a teacher.

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