Education

News Brief: Fla. Schools Debate Masks, Jobless Data, Belarusian Athlete's Story

3:48pm August 06, 2021

Florida's school districts consider whether to require masks. The latest data on a recovering job market is released Friday. A sprinter from Belarus, who fled the Olympics, is now in Poland.

Florida School Districts That Require Masks, May Have Their Funding Cut

7:54am August 06, 2021

by Greg Allen

School districts in the state are rebelling against an order by the governor banning them from requiring masks. If they violate the order, Gov. Ron DeSantis has threatened to pull their funding.

Some Florida Schools May Require Masks Even If It Excludes Them From State Funding

4:56pm August 05, 2021

by Kerry Sheridan

Florida's governor has threatened to withhold funding from school districts that adopt a mask requirement. With COVID-19 spreading unchecked, some districts are considering requiring masks anyway.

Education

U.S. Schools Aim To Lure Foreign Students Back Who Shied Away During The Pandemic

7:27am August 04, 2021

by Karin Fischer

U.S. colleges and universities saw a 20% drop in the number of foreign students due to the pandemic. Though enrollment numbers are rebounding, it is posing a big problem for colleges.

Governor Unveils Strategic Plan For School Safety

10:19am August 03, 2021

by Neal Charnoff

Governor Roy Cooper's office unveiled a new school safety plan at a summit held Monday in Greensboro.

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visits White Plains High School in White Plains, N.Y., on April 22.

Students Need To Be In Classrooms, With Masks, This Fall, Education Secretary Says

1:27pm August 02, 2021

by Clare Lombardo

Students learn best in classrooms, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona tells NPR — but "we have to make sure that we're following mitigation strategies."

Student Laptops For Virtual Learning Are Also Helping Parents Learn English

7:59am August 02, 2021

by Alexis Marshall

In Nashville, remote learning has created new opportunities for parents who want to learn English.

History Professor Calls For U.S. Inclusion Of Mexico Studies

5:10pm August 01, 2021

NPR's Kelsey Snell speaks with Harvard history professor Gabriela Soto Laveaga about her recent op-ed titled, "Every American needs to take a history of Mexico class."

Students will be back in physical classrooms starting this fall.

School Is In Session: How Have Students Fared?

12:00pm July 30, 2021

by Brianna Scott

Schools across the U.S. are preparing for students to be back in physical classrooms this fall. Now there's questions about how much "learning loss" students have experienced because of the pandemic.

Texas School Administrators Go Door-to-Door To Bring Students Back To The Classroom

4:45pm July 29, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Alejandro Delgado, enrollment director for the Austin Independent School District, about efforts to re-register students for in-person school this fall amid the pandemic.