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DeVos Announces Support For Proposed School Choice Tax Credit
Updated at 3:14 p.m.Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Republican lawmakers have announced a proposed tax credit that would go toward donations to private school scholarships and other school choice...
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Limited School Choice For Native Americans; Oakland Teachers Reach Deal To...
You're reading NPR's weekly roundup of education news.Report: Limited school choice options for Native American students According to a report released Monday by the U.S. Government Accountability...
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This Mentoring Program Is Taking A Different Approach To Help Students With...
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Why The College Admissions Scandal Hurts Students With Disabilities
Students with disabilities and disability rights advocates are among those angry — and feeling victimized — after the arrests in the college admissions and bribery scandal Tuesday."Stories like this...
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Building Teens Into Strong Readers — By Letting Them Teach
Two afternoons a week, Mikala Tardy walks six blocks from Eastern High School to Payne Elementary School, not far from Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.She signs in at the front desk just after 3:30...
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How Admissions Really Work: If The College Admissions Scandal Shocked You,...
The fallout — and fascination — continue from the massive college admissions scandal.The University of Southern California has "placed holds on the accounts of students who may be associated with the...
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Student Podcasts? For Our Contest, We Got Thousands Of Them
We asked teachers and students to put on their headphones and turn their ideas into sound for our first-ever NPR Student Podcast Challenge — and boy, did they. We got nearly 5,700 entries, from all 50...
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Here Are The Winners Of The NPR Student Podcast Challenge
What happened to a circus elephant in the small East Tennessee town of Erwin a century ago, and what are the people there today doing about it?And what do a group of middle school girls from the Bronx...
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Periods! Why These 8th-Graders Aren't Afraid To Talk About Them
In the second-floor girls' restroom at Bronx Prep Middle School in New York, there's a sign taped to the back of the toilet stall doors. It's a guide on how to "properly dispose feminine products." On...
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The Town That Hanged An Elephant Is Now Working To Save Them
In the tiny town of Erwin, Tenn., history is the elephant in the room.At the Unicoi County Chamber of Commerce, Cathy Huskins remembers one particularly angry tourist "came barreling through the door,...
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8 Student-Made Podcasts That Made Us Smile
This year, NPR held its first Student Podcast Challenge— a podcast contest for students in grades 5 through 12. As we listened to the almost 6,000 entries, we smiled, laughed, and even cried. Students...
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Russian Investigative Journalist Placed On House Arrest For Alleged Drug Crimes
Updated at 5:10 p.m ET.Well-known Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov was ordered to two months of house arrest on Saturday after being charged with attempting to sell drugs, according to...
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5 Arrested After Homophobic Attack On London Bus
Five males between 15 and 18 years old have been arrested in connection with a homophobic attack on a London bus late last month, London police say. Melania Geymonat posted about the violent incident...
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Did You Take Out Student Loans For A Degree You Never Finished?
If you have student debt, but never finished your degree, you're not the only one. Millions of people take out loans to start college, but never finish.These people often struggle to pay back their...
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Educators: Have You Used Restraint And Seclusion In School? Tell Us About It
NPR is looking into the use of restraint and seclusion in schools, and we want to hear from educators who currently use, or have used, these methods. Restraint and seclusion might include holding a...
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Trump Says He Won't Work With British Diplomat Who Called Him 'Inept'
Updated at 7:50 p.m. ET MondayPresident Trump says he "will no longer deal with" the U.K.'s ambassador to the U.S., Kim Darroch, who sent a series of confidential memos to the British Foreign Office...
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Starbucks Apologizes To Police Officers Who Were Asked To Leave An Arizona...
Starbucks has issued an apology after an employee asked a group of six police officers in Tempe, Ariz. to either leave one of its stores or move out of the line of sight of a customer. The officers say...
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Student Debt Forgiveness Sounds Good. What Might Happen If The Government Did...
Americans owe about $1.6 trillion in student loan debt. That's about twice the current budget for the Defense Department and around 22 times thebudget for the Education Department.About one in every...
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'I'm Drowning': Those Hit Hardest By Student Loan Debt Never Finished College
Most days, 25-year-old Chavonne can push her student loan debt to the back of her mind.Between short-term office jobs in the Washington, D.C., area, she drives for Uber. But once in awhile, a debt...
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Simone Biles Earns 6th U.S. All-Around Gymnastics Title With Historic...
The first time that Simone Biles performed a triple-double at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Kansas City, she wasn't pleased. After soaring through the air to complete two flips and three full...
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Thousands Of Guns Turned Over To New Zealand Police In Buyback Program
Updated 5:30 p.m.Thousands of guns have been turned in to New Zealand police as part of a nationwide gun buyback program created after a massacre earlier this year left 51 people dead. Following...
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WATCH: Kangaroos Discover Snow
It's been a summer of heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere. But in Australia, a group of kangaroos is enjoying wintry conditions. Stephen Grenfell captured their joy as the troop leaped across open...
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Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions Process
Updated at 6:45 p.m. ETA judge has ruled in favor of Harvard University in a high-profile court case centered on whether the school's admissions process forces Asian Americans to clear a higher bar to...
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Student Loan Borrowers With Disabilities Aren't Getting Help They Were Promised
Denise had no idea her student loans could be erased. In 2007, a truck rear-ended her car. The accident ravaged her legs and back, and the pain made it impossible for her to work."I have basically been...
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A Dreaded Part Of Teachers' Jobs: Restraining And Secluding Students
Earlier this year, an NPR investigation with WAMU and Oregon Public Broadcasting found deep problems in how school districts report restraint and seclusion. Following that investigation, NPR reached...
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Lawmakers Call For Investigation After NPR Report On Troubled Student Loan...
Updated Friday at 11:04 a.m. ET.Lawmakers have called for an investigation into a troubled student loan discharge program one day after an NPR report revealed that the program — meant to erase the...
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Ask Us Your Questions About Reopening Schools — We'll Find The Answers
The new school year is rapidly approaching, but many parents and educators still don't know exactly what the semester will look like. As President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos call for...
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'It's Very Daunting And Overwhelming': School Nurses On Preparing For The...
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Overwhelmed, Stressed, Scared: School Nurses Brace for the Fall Semester
In any ordinary school year, school nurses are busy. This year, that's an understatement. "Our role has expanded tenfold," says Eileen Gavin, who co-leads a team of nurses for Middletown Township...
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How To Sign Up To Work The Polls On Election Day
If you've ever voted in-person, you've been helped by a poll worker: they've checked you in and pointed you in the right direction to cast your ballot. Maybe it was your retired neighbor, even a family...
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It's National Coming Out Day: Press Play On These Life Kit Episodes
For the past 32 years, LGBTQ Americans have celebrated sharing who they are with family, friends and colleagues on Oct. 11. Coming out is a lot different today than it was in 1988, when National Coming...
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Heading To The Polls? If You Have A Disability, Here's What To Know
Everyone in the U.S. is facing a new barrier to voting this year: COVID-19. But if you have a disability, 2020 probably isn't the first year you've faced one obstacle or another while casting your...
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Life Kit On Love: Episodes On Dating, Romance, And Connection
This story is adapted from Life Kit's weekly newsletter, which arrives in inboxes each Friday. Subscribe here.Valentine's Day can be rough, whether you're single or partnered up. But this year, we'll...
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Education Dept. Restores Debt Cancellation For Some Borrowers With Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education says it will erase the federal student loan debts of tens of thousands of borrowers who can no longer work because they have significant disabilities. It's a small but...
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Life Kit Episodes To Help You Live More Sustainably — From The Kitchen To The...
This story is adapted from Life Kit's weekly newsletter, which arrives in inboxes each Friday. Subscribe here.Not all change is good, and this week, Life Kit is thinking about one of the biggest...
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What Listeners Told Us About The Importance Of Getting Names Right
What's in a name? For many people, the answer to that question is, a lot. Names are often rooted in family, culture and religion. They're an extension of our identities. That's why a few weeks ago,...
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Indiana University's Vaccine Requirement Should Stand, Federal Judge Rules
A federal judge has blocked a challenge to Indiana University's requirement that students get vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to campus this fall. Indiana University is one of hundreds of...
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Everyone Should Wear A Mask In Schools, Vaccinated Or Not, U.S. Pediatricians...
The American Academy of Pediatrics released updated guidance for schools Monday, recommending that all students over 2 years old, along with staff, wear masks, regardless of whether they have been...
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Kindergarten Enrollment Fell Last Year. Now Schools Wonder How Many Kids Are...
Elia Garrison was already considering holding her son Dominic back from starting kindergarten before the pandemic hit in 2020. Coronavirus, she says, cemented that choice. Dominic is the fifth of six...
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Students Need To Be In Classrooms, With Masks, This Fall, Education Secretary...
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has a message for schools across the country ahead of the new school year: Students need to be in classrooms."That's where students learn best," Cardona told...
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Education Department Announces 'Final Extension' Of Student Loan Payment Freeze
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Education announced that federal student loan payments will remain on pause through the end of January.Loan payments, interest accruals and collections of defaulted...
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An 8th-Grader Finally Returns To School In Person, Hoping It Lasts
Natalie McCray could hardly sleep before her first day of eighth grade on Monday."I woke up at like 6:45, which was way earlier than I needed," she said.She got ready faster than usual, dressed in a...
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With Most Kids Unvaccinated And Class Starting, Schools Come Up With Safety...
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In Florida, Texas And Arizona, Defiant School Leaders Are Sticking With Mask...
Updated August 18, 2021 at 5:14 PM ETAcross the country, as students and teachers head back into school buildings in the midst of a COVID-19 surge, school superintendents in Florida, Texas and Arizona...
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Education Department Will Erase $5.8 Billion In Loans For Borrowers With...
The U.S. Education Department announced Thursday that it is discharging the outstanding student loans of more than 323,000 borrowers who have significant, permanent disabilities, and will remove...
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The ACLU Sues Over South Carolina's Ban On School Mask Mandates
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging South Carolina's ban on requiring masks in schools. The ACLU represents a number of disability rights groups and parents...
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Another Sign Of The Pandemic's Effect On College Students: Fewer Transfers
Fewer students transferred between colleges over the 2020-2021 school year, and new data show that trends in who is transferring between colleges — and where they're going — may be exacerbating...
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Alec Baldwin says he didn't pull the trigger in the fatal shooting on the...
In his first interview since a fatal shooting on the set of the film Rust, actor Alec Baldwin told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that he didn't pull the trigger of the gun that killed a cinematographer....
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Emmy nominations: The contenders for TV's biggest honors
Updated July 12, 2022 at 12:32 PM ET Nominees for the 74th annual Emmy Awards were announced today. Succession garnered the highest number of nominations — 25 — and Ted Lasso and The White Lotus...
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Starting Your Podcast: A Guide For Students
We don't expect you to be experts. In fact, we expect that most of you are putting a podcast together for the first time.And even though this is a contest, it's also about learning new skills in a fun...
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