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News Articles: Education

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

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  • Books

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

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.

April 12, 2021
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  • Anya Kamenetz
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  • Children's Health

State Rep. Jeremy Gray's Bill To Bring Yoga Back To Alabama Public Schools

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Alabama State Rep. Jeremy Gray about his bill to bring yoga back to the state's public schools.

April 09, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom

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  • Education

Why So Many Asian Americans Are Learning Remotely

Multigenerational households and anti-Asian bullying may play a role.

April 09, 2021
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By:
  • Anya Kamenetz
The San Francisco school board has put on hold controversial plans to rename 44 schools until students are back on campus after more than a year of virtual learning during the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Education

San Francisco School Board Rescinds Controversial School Renaming Plan

The project involved 44 schools, the names of which a panel had decided honored figures linked to racism or oppression.

April 07, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo

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  • Education

COMIC: Teaching Preschoolers While Masked Up During The Pandemic

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

April 06, 2021
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By:
  • LA Johnson

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  • Education

The NPR Student Podcast Challenge: Announcing Our College Winners

Two very different stories won our hearts this year.

April 06, 2021
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  • Steve Drummond and
  • Sequoia Carrillo
Children in cafeteria

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  • Education

Georgia Schools Turn To 'Camp-like' Summer School To Stem Learning Loss

School officials around the state have been working since before classes began to identify which students need help and how best to give it to them. One of the biggest obstacles is the looming summer break, a major source of learning loss even in normal years.

April 05, 2021
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  • Ross Williams
Gabriel Toro, 23, stands on the sidewalk near his apartment in Boston on March 11. Toro completed the credits required for a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Boston but the school wouldn't release Toro's transcript or degree because of an unpaid balance.

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  • National

States Step In To Stop Colleges Holding Transcripts Ransom For Unpaid Bills

An estimated 6.6 million students can't obtain their transcripts or degrees for having unpaid bills as low as $25 or less. Several states have passed or are considering laws to curb the practice.

April 03, 2021
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  • Jon Marcus

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  • Education

Best In Show: Our Favorite College Podcasts

This year's finalists in the Student Podcast Challenge, College Edition, give us a glimpse at life on, and off, campus.

April 02, 2021
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By:
  • Sequoia Carrillo and
  • Steve Drummond
Lavonda Little has been a custodial worker at the University of Florida for more than 16 years.

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  • Education

Cleaning A College In A Pandemic: 'Without Us This Campus Shuts Down'

Colleges are leaning heavily on campus custodians. "You may not have seen us before the pandemic, but I guarantee you'll see us now," says Tanya Hughes, a campus building services head in Florida.

April 01, 2021
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  • Elissa Nadworny
Rush on UGS campus

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  • Politics

College Hazing Incidents Will Be Reported Under Bill Passed In General Assembly

A bill requiring Georgia colleges and universities to report hazing incidents that happen in school clubs like fraternities and sororities passed in the General Assembly Wednesday.

March 31, 2021
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  • Beau Evans
Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine is shown to be extremely effective in young teenagers.

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  • National

Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine Shows '100% Efficacy' In Adolescents

Pfizer says it will submit the clinical trial results "as soon as possible" to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and is hoping to start vaccinating children before the next school year.

March 31, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
Jason Felt teaches a cybersecurity class at Countryside High School in Clearwater, Fla. The group Cyber Florida has helped organize the program in many parts of the state, and is planning to expand its "digital literacy" campaign to include topics like disinformation.

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  • Education

As Bad Information Spreads, Florida Schools Seek To Teach 'Digital Literacy'

Many Florida high schools now teach a cybersecurity program. There's a larger plan to help students figure out what is and isn't true online. Organizers hope it will become a nationwide model.

March 30, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Myre

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  • Education

COMIC: Pueblo Tribal Teacher On The Difficulty Of Getting Students Online

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

March 30, 2021
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By:
  • LA Johnson

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  • Education

COVID-19 Lockdowns Have Been Hard On Youth Locked Up

Juvenile incarceration is down, but many young people still in facilities have gone months without seeing their families.

March 30, 2021
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  • Anya Kamenetz
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