Los Angeles school district tells students to upgrade from cloth masks
Students will have to wear "well-fitting, non-cloth masks with a nose wire." Employees will have to wear surgical grade masks or higher.
Education
This Virginia high schooler is pushing to see more women of color in their curriculum
Sarah McCammon talks with Prasidha Padmanabhan, an 11th grader in Fairfax County, Va., about her efforts to get her school district to include more women's history in the curriculum.
How colleges are dealing with high COVID case counts on campus
Despite the omicron surge, college students are starting the spring semester on campus – and administrators are bracing for the worst.
Black Mississippi senators walk out in protest over critical race theory ban
The lawmakers withheld their votes as the state Senate passed a bill that would ban schools from teaching critical race theory. The education superintendent has said it is not being taught in schools.
How to talk to vaccine doubters: 5 tips for parent 'ambassadors'
A health communications expert has developed a free online course to help people talk to those who are vaccine hesitant — and to fight misinformation with empathy.
Student loan payments resume in May. Here are 7 ways to prepare
First things first: Get acquainted (or reacquainted) with your loans. And don't count on blanket loan forgiveness.
New Mexico is calling on the National Guard to fill in as substitute teachers
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a new initiative to help schools and child care facilities that are experiencing "extreme" staffing shortages. The plan also taps state employees.
Dave Eggers: How Can Kids Learn Human Skills in a Tech-Dominated World?
Fiction can serve as a window into multiple realities--to imagine different futures or understand our own past. This hour, author Dave Eggers talks tech, education, and the healing power of writing.
Survivor Jon Vaughn on U. of Michigan's sexual assault settlement
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with ex football player and sexual assault survivor Jon Vaughn about the University of Michigan's settlement over allegations of abuse by a former sports doctor.
Parents and caregivers of young children say they've hit pandemic rock bottom
The people who take care of and educate children under 5 years old, who are too young to be vaccinated, are in a special kind of hell right now.