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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp addresses the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

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Georgia's governor details spending plans but not his top priority of lawsuit reform

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp told business leaders Tuesday that he wanted to invest in infrastructure and education, but he did not detail plans for his top priority to limit lawsuits.

January 14, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Jose Centeno hands food to LAUSD student Jesus Sanchez at Hollenbeck Middle School on Friday, Jan. 10.

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  • Education

More than half a million students were out of school because of LA fires this week

School districts in and around Los Angeles shut down because of the fires. That includes LAUSD, the second largest school district in the country.

January 10, 2025
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  • Jonaki Mehta
Kellen Hedler's classroom aid, Parker Van Buskirk, checks in with Kellen as he works on an assignment. Kellen is largely independent throughout the school day, but Van Buskirk is available in case he needs help.

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  • Education

Special ed students benefit from being integrated at school. It doesn't always happen

Research shows including students with and without disabilities in the same classroom can benefit everyone. Two students with Down syndrome show what can be gained when that happens.

January 09, 2025
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  • Jonaki Mehta
Colleges and universities collectively experienced a 15% decline in enrollment between 2010 and 2021, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

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  • Education

A looming 'demographic cliff': Fewer college students and ultimately fewer graduates

The long-predicted downturn in the number of 18-year-olds is almost here. And it isn't just a problem for higher education. It's a looming crisis for the economy.

January 08, 2025
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  • Jon Marcus
President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Citizens Medal to Savannah College of Art and Design president Paula Wallace at the White House on Jan. 2, 2025.

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  • Education

Biden bestows medal upon Savannah College of Art and Design president Paula Wallace

Wallace and 19 other Americans were awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second-highest civilian honor.

January 03, 2025
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  • Benjamin Payne
At Cornell University, one professor is helping students navigate their emotions about climate change by learning about food.

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  • Climate

College students get emotional about climate change. Some are finding help in class

A recent survey finds that more than half of young people aged 16-25 are highly worried about climate change. Some universities are now trying to help them navigate those emotions in class.

December 22, 2024
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  • Rebecca Redelmeier

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  • Education

Calling all students! NPR's Student Podcast Challenge returns for 2025

For its seventh year, our national podcasting competition will invite students from all around the country, in grades four through 12, to bring us their best audio stories.

December 21, 2024
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  • Janet W. Lee and
  • Steve Drummond
Matthew Atha does steel work at Ironworkers Local 29 during an apprenticeship in Dayton, Ohio.

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  • Education

Apprenticeships are a trending alternative to college — but there's a hitch

Apprenticeships are becoming a popular alternative to college as a career path. But demand is outpacing the supply of employers who offer them.

December 17, 2024
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  • Jon Marcus
RJ Veal, a right, a fourth grader at Macon's Bernd Elementary School gives five to a member of Macon's Northeast High School Raiders football team at the start of the team's tour of all the schools feeding Northeast High Monday. The team made the trip ahead of their GHSA championship game against Toombs County.

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  • Education

Ahead of Macon's Northeast Raiders championship game, a trip through the halls of their youth

It has been 49 years since a Bibb County team made it to a state high school championship game in football. One plays this week for the ring.

December 16, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Boniece Gillis, an assistant teacher at Educare DC in Washington, D.C., says the wage bump she receives through the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund has kept her on the job.

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  • Business

How D.C. tackled a child care crunch through a tax hike on the rich

In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.

December 13, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
Assistant Superintendent of Schools Chris Matthews gives an update on Fulton County Schools Student Support Services during the school board’s Dec. 10 work session. (Photo supplied by FCS)

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Fulton Schools’ support services makes strides for vulnerable students

Fulton County Schools Board of Education members learned during their Dec. 10 work session about how the district’s Student Support Services identifies students in crisis, offers counseling, helps improve reading skills, and gets aid from corporate and nonprofit partnerships.

December 13, 2024
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  • Bob Pepalis
Syrian residents in Turkey wave Syrian opposition flags as they celebrate the President Bashar al-Assad's rule in Syria after rebel fighters took control of Damascus overnight, at the Fatih Mosque, in Istanbul, on December 8, 2024.

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Foreign students advised to make plans before Trump. And, 2024's final news quiz

Why universities are advising international students to return before Inauguration Day. And, the last NPR news quiz of the year.

December 13, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
Tashiya Umoja M'kanga, of Atlanta, right, instructs students during a math lesson at the Kilombo Academic and Cultural Institute, March 28, 2023, in Decatur, Ga.

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  • News

Georgia makes many more students than expected eligible for school vouchers

Hundreds of thousands of students in Georgia will be eligible for $6,500 vouchers to pay for private school tuition or home-schooling expenses. That number is far more than many legislators expected.

December 11, 2024
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  • Associated Press
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  • Law

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Boston's school admissions policy

The court's action was the second time the justices declined to intervene in an admissions program based on geography since their 2023 ruling invalidating affirmative action in higher education.

December 09, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
At age 8 in 2009, EJ Beck hugs her favorite book, Laura Ingalls Wilder's <em>These Happy Golden Years</em>. At 10, center, she is pictured in the hospital where she was treated for thyroid cancer. For Beck and her family, the <em>Happy Golden Years </em>image became emblematic of her life, before. At right, EJ Beck today is a 23-year-old medical student.

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  • Health

Cancer interrupted their school lives, but also set them on a mission

Pediatric cancer survival rates are a crowning medical achievement. But the impact of missing school is a less-discussed side effect children then face.

December 08, 2024
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  • Yuki Noguchi
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