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"It is scary. I'm scared. I don't ever want to display that fear in front of my kids because I still want school to be an environment that's full of optimism and love for them."

Education

COMIC: 'Radiating Love And Positivity' While Teaching In The Pandemic

8:40am April 20, 2021

by LA Johnson

It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented request: educate students in entirely new ways amid a pandemic. This week is Shameem Patel, a second-grade teacher in Dallas.

Lisa Przekop, director of admissions at University of California, Santa Barbara, says that many high schoolers this year wrote their application essays about depression and anxiety during the pandemic.

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How The Pandemic Changed The College Admissions Selection Process This Year

7:15pm April 19, 2021

by Mary Louise Kelly

Colleges around the country faced an admissions season marked by pandemic-era challenges: dropped testing requirements, remote learning, disrupted extracurriculars and record applicant pools.

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A masked teacher sits squeezed in a classroom with her students.

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'We Need To Be Nurtured, Too': Many Teachers Say They're Reaching A Breaking Point

3:36pm April 19, 2021

by Kavitha Cardoza

Educators tell NPR that the stress of teaching through the pandemic has affected their health and their personal lives. "It's like nothing I've experienced before," one teachers says.

Jerry Falwell Jr., pictured at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, is the subject of a new lawsuit by Liberty University, his former employer.

Liberty University Sues Ex-President Jerry Falwell, Jr., Seeking Millions In Damages

5:38pm April 16, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

In the civil suit, Liberty University accuses its former president of breach of contract and fiduciary duty as well as statutory conspiracy. Falwell called it "full of lies and half truths."

Civics Secures Democracy Act Proposes Grants To Support Civics Education

12:53pm April 14, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to GOP Sen. John Cornyn of Texas and Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware about a bipartisan initiative to invest $1 billion in civics and history education.

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"If they turn all their mics on at once, it's chaos, and I have at least 40 kids per ensemble, so to get through all of them individually in one class is too much. So I thought, I have to teach them to hear the way I hear them."

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COMIC: For Music Teacher, Virtual School Meant Teaching Kids 'To Hear The Way I Hear'

9:20am April 13, 2021

by LA Johnson

It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented request: educate students in entirely new ways amid the backdrop of a pandemic.

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A Small Wyoming Town Has Attracted Families Looking For In-Person Special Education

7:16pm April 12, 2021

by Kamila Kudelska

The number of special education students in tiny Powell, Wyo., went from 10 to 52 in one school year. Most moved there because it prioritized in-person classes.

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Hear My Voice/Escucha Mi Voz includes a child's account of crossing the Rio Grande. (Excerpted from Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz. Foreword by Michael Garcia Bochenek; Compiled by Warren Binford; Workman Publishing. Copyright 2021.)

A Picture Book About Children At The Border Aims To Spark Family Conversations

7:00am April 12, 2021

by Anya Kamenetz

The new children's book Hear My Voice/Escucha Mi Voz pulls from the author's interviews with migrant children detained in U.S. facilities in 2019.

A masked college student walks along a syringe that morphs into a pencil.

More Colleges Say They'll Require Students To Have COVID-19 Vaccines For Fall

12:23pm April 11, 2021

by Elissa Nadworny

More campuses are expected to add the requirement, with potential legal challenges ahead. One key point: Requiring vaccines for infectious diseases is nothing new for many residential colleges.

Stanford's 'Marriage Pact' Is Actually A Great Way To Understand Economic Markets

4:49pm April 09, 2021

by Sarah Gonzalez

At Stanford University, an assignment for a class on markets led to an experiment using economic thinking to match undergrads together romantically. It's a great way to understand many other markets.