Reflections On A Lost Senior Year With Hope For The Future
NPR spoke with a few student leaders about their graduations speeches and how a not-so-typical senior year inspired their words for the class of 2020.
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New Orleans Nurse Tells High School Graduates To Remain Strong
This week we're hearing from frontline workers and others, offering messages to the class of 2020. A nurse in New Orleans told high school graduates the pandemic taught her to be more compassionate.
Oficiales De La Salud Luchan Para Alcanzar A La Comunidad Hispana En El Condado De Forsyth
Oficiales de Salud Pública del Condado de Forsyth están teniendo dificultades al afrontar la creciente disparidad de casos de COVID-19 en la población Hispana.
Health Officials Struggle To Break Through To Hispanic Community In Forsyth County
Forsyth County public health officials are struggling to address the growing disparity of COVID-19 cases in the Hispanic population.
Senate Panel To Hear From College Presidents About Resuming Classes
Topics on the table: The issue of liability waivers, an at-risk faculty, the costs of implementing social distancing measures, and the necessity and economic pressure to have in-person classes.
The Winners Of The NPR Student Podcast Challenge
With entries from 46 states and Washington, D.C., two winners emerge from more than 2,200 podcasts to win this year's NPR Student Podcast Challenge.
Some College-Bound Students In The U.S. Are Thinking Of Taking A Gap Year
High tuition, restrictions on travel and a potential semester online — about a quarter of students are rethinking their college plans, according to a recent survey. Many are thinking of a gap year.
'Barely Holding It Together': Stresses Of An Early Child Care Center That Stayed Open
A center in Spokane, Wash., has been operating at one-third capacity under pandemic guidelines. Co-owner Luc Jasmin III says it has been tough to turn away parents, many of whom are essential workers.
U.K. Schools Begin Reopening Despite Coronavirus Concerns
Grade schools reopened Monday for the first wave of children allowed in school since late March, despite some parent and teacher fears that reopening is not yet safe.
Colleges Face Student Lawsuits Seeking Refunds After Coronavirus Closures
The legal cases argue that online classes don't have the same value as on-campus ones.