Education

Teachers share why they left their job during the pandemic

4:59pm August 21, 2022

The U.S. is facing a shortage of 300,000 teachers, according to the The National Education Association. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with three former teachers to get insight into the teacher shortage.

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School is back in session in LA. Where are the students?

4:59pm August 21, 2022

In Los Angeles, tens of thousands of students were absent on the first day of school. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with superintendent Alberto Carvahlo about the challenges ahead.

Leaders of DC-area colleges on how they're teaming up to combat gun violence

4:59pm August 21, 2022

A group of DC-area universities have formed an initiative to combat gun violence. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the presidents of two participating schools: Gregory Washington and Patricia McGuire.

Back-to-school stress is amplified by inflation affecting the cost of supplies

8:15am August 21, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Tomicia Gray, a single mother in Charlotte, N.C., about the onerous cost of school supplies.

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Advice from students whose college experience was shaped by the pandemic

5:12pm August 20, 2022

As students across the country head back to campus, two college sophomores — Aya Hamza and Madeline Muller — talk to NPR's Michel Martin about how COVID-19 has altered their college experience.

Author Jamil Jan Kochai reunites with his 2nd-grade teacher who taught him English

8:21am August 20, 2022

by Scott Simon

Scott Simon speaks to author Jamil Jan Kochai and his 2nd-grade teacher, Susannah Lung, who taught him how to read and write English after his family moved to the U.S. from Pakistan.

A growing number of universities are making tuition free for Native students.

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Colleges are making tuition free for Native students. Will more students graduate?

1:20pm August 19, 2022

by Emma Hall

The University of California system is the latest to announce free tuition for native students — but many say colleges shouldn't stop there.

Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation is one of more than 40 books being challenged in the Keller Independent School District.

The Bible is among dozens of books removed from this Texas school district

10:26pm August 18, 2022

by Wynne Davis

The books under review were previously challenged and placed back on shelves, but now the Keller Independent School District wants them to undergo another review with new criteria.

The 3rd school year since COVID hit has begun. Here's how students and staff feel

4:45pm August 18, 2022

by Cory Turner

Students in Jackson, Miss., are already back at their school desks. The district — like so many in the nation — is working to help students recover academically and emotionally from the pandemic.

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Students wait in line to check in for the first day of school at North Jackson Elementary. As they walk in, they are greeted by their school mascot, the tiger.

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As a new year starts, schools prepare for fewer masks, more learning and joy

8:57am August 18, 2022

Schools are opening up around the country, and the third year in the shadow of a pandemic brings new challenges but also new hope.

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