More school districts are reopening with in-person classes or under a hybrid model this week. But are schools reopening safely? What does the science say?
Ultimately, students need to return to school this week despite high rates of COVID-19 in Georgia because staying healthy means more than avoiding the virus.
NPR's David Folkenflik talks with Michael Palm, professor at the University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill, about a faculty letter asking undergraduates to consider remote learning this fall.
NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with Dorte Lange, vice president of the Danish Union of Teachers, about how Denmark safely reopened schools earlier this year.
NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with Heidi Hisrich, a public high school teacher who has decided she'd rather resign than teach in person this upcoming school year.
School nurses are often the first line of health care for students. They are now working with their districts to help make plans for the upcoming school year — but some don't have much of a say.
Colette Pierce Burnette of Huston-Tillotson University says keeping students and staff safe was paramount. Black people are dying from COVID-19 at two and a half times the rate of white people.
Despite the coronavirus crisis, this year's most popular high school plays and musicals include The Addams Family, Mamma Mia! and Clue, according to Dramatics magazine.
New college graduates fortunate enough to land jobs during the pandemic begin their careers under bizarre circumstances — they often haven't met their bosses and coworkers in person.
As districts plan for a new school year in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, nurses are tasked with keeping students and staff healthy. Many want a stronger voice in decisions.
"On Second Thought" hosted a panel discussion on youth mental health during this particularly fraught back-to-school season, produced in collaboration with American Public Media's "Call to Mind" initiative and public media station WETA's Well Beings tour.
