Coronavirus, homework, sports, climate change: Working in the midst of a nationwide school shutdown, high school and middle school students around the country took on these and many more topics in this year's NPR Student Podcast Challenge. After two deadline…
These are children of the global pandemic. In the far-north Canadian town of Iqaluit, one boy has been glued to the news to learn everything he can about the coronavirus. A girl in Australia sees a vibrant future, tinged with…
Just 46 percent of those responding to a USA Today/Ipsos poll said they would support students and teachers returning to schools this fall before there is a vaccine against the coronavirus.
The medical field's understanding of how the new coronavirus affects children and how they can spread it is rapidly evolving. Here’s the latest for school leaders weighing reopenings.
School district lines have become engines of inequity in many states. Not only can they be used to keep children out of a neighborhood's schools, they can also keep a district's wealth in. But with many districts facing severe budget cuts because of the coronavirus pandemic,…
If Colorado schools return to classroom instruction in the fall, it could look very different, with temperature checks, face masks, and very small class sizes. The Colorado Department of Education included these requirements in guidance it issued Tuesday that’s designed to help…
Ohio had an economic crisis to deal with and a budget to balance. So it made cuts to public schools — $300 million worth. But instead of simply slashing budgets across the board, Gov. Mike DeWine took a targeted approach.…
How do we safely pass out and collect papers? Can students work in groups? Educators need answers.
Next week, high school senior Claire Wallace will don a cap and gown, complete with honors cords around her neck. But instead of walking across the Shortridge High School stage — the same stage her mother walked across years earlier…
Four out of 10 of the poorest U.S. students are accessing remote learning as little as once a week or less, according to a new survey from ParentsTogether, an advocacy group. By contrast, for families making more than $100,000 a…
Austin Beutner looked haggard, his face a curtain of worry lines. The superintendent of the second-largest school district in the nation sat at a desk last week delivering a video address to Los Angeles families. But he began with a…
In this two-part series, Sacramento teacher Larry Ferlazzo discusses how autonomy, competence, relatedness, and relevance all have an impact on students’ intrinsic motivation.
Sectors of our economy such as the military, health care, and higher education are much further along than the K-12 system in using artificial intelligence.
A school counselor reflects on how the pandemic is affecting her middle school students. Kim Tran is responsible for the social and emotional needs of her students, and that can be difficult when she can't check in with them in…
As nearly 1 million New York City students complete about a third of this academic year from home, all eyes are on what school will look like this fall. Even if campuses can reopen by September, will tablets, apps, and…
