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Education

A locker sits open at Kent Middle School in Kentfield, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
National
Public Health

Exclusive: CDC won’t release school guidance this week as anticipated

The full set will be published before the end of the month, a CDC spokesperson says. Trump has emphasized that he wants to see schools reopen their classrooms in the fall.

6 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
New Jersey
Technology

Murphy pledges to close the ‘digital divide’ in N.J. for new school year

When schools moved to online instruction in March, wide disparities in home computer and internet access were a roadblock.

6 years ago

Teacher Ronda Laws and her students
Delaware
K-12
Public Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: Teachers union boss urges caution with school reopening

The state has outlined guidance for three possible scenarios, and Gov. John Carney says he will announce in August which one public schools should follow.

6 years ago

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, pedestrians walk through the gates of Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, July 8, 2020, challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if they take classes entirely online this fall. Some institutions, including Harvard, have announced that all instruction will be offered remotely in the fall during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Radio Times
Higher Education
Immigration
National

The future of higher education

Most universities have decided that at least some in-person instruction will resume this fall. But as coronavirus cases continue to surge, students and faculty are concerned.

Air Date: July 16, 2020

Listen 48:59
School hallway
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly schools plan for fall: Two days a week in-person, everyone wearing masks

The plan calls for students to attend classes in school buildings twice a week and completing the rest of their work online. Some students will attend school four days a week.

6 years ago

Custodian Tracy Harris cleans chairs in a classroom at Brubaker Elementary School, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Radio Times
K-12
Public Health

Can schools reopen?

Parents, teachers, pediatricians, even kids want in-class school to start this fall if it can be done safely.

Air Date: July 15, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:57
An undated photo of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. (AP Photo)
NPR
History
Race & Ethnicity

Frederick Douglass documents, newly acquired by Yale, reveal ‘hope for the country’

The collection includes Douglass' 1852 "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" speech with his own handwritten annotations.

6 years ago

Rows of school buses
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly teachers endorse ‘hybrid’ school model, but could reverse position

The teachers’ union plan endorses a ‘hybrid’ approach — with classes both online and in-person. But if case counts rise, the union says it could reverse.

6 years ago

Councilmember Kendra Brooks
K-12
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Students, teachers march for racial equity reform in Philly schools

Demands include school-based racial and bias training, funding of restorative justice and trauma response practices, and equitable hiring practices.

6 years ago

Rows of school buses
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Buses pose particular challenge for schools’ pandemic plans

The majority of the state's public school districts contract with private companies to provide bus transportation, and those companies have difficulty finding enough drivers.

6 years ago

Delaware State University
Delaware
Higher Education

Delaware State Univ. to make historic acquisition of Wesley College

Delaware State, a historically Black university, has signed an agreement to take over Dover’s Wesley College, which has been struggling financially.

6 years ago

Black Students Matter demonstrators march en route to a rally at the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., on June 19.
NPR
K-12
National

Effective anti-racist education requires more diverse teachers, more training

An assistant professor of education at the University of California at Berkeley explains how teacher training and the presence of Black teachers can help reshape education.

6 years ago

Philadelphia's Central High School is visible, a red-brick building sitting on top of a green hill.
K-12
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
The Notebook

Black students at Central High and some faculty call for overhaul of admissions, school policies to increase equity

Alumni join the call to increase Black and Latinx enrollment and foster anti-racist culture at the selective high school.

6 years ago

Harvard players, students and fans celebrate a win over Yale after an NCAA college football game at Fenway Park in Boston, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018.  Harvard defeated Yale 45-27. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Public Health
Sports

Ivy League suspends fall sports due to coronavirus pandemic

The Ivy League on Wednesday became the first Division I conference to suspend all fall sports, including football, because of the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
K-12
National
Public Health

Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen

Trump made the comments a day after launching an all-out effort pressing state and local officials to reopen the nation’s schools and colleges this fall.

6 years ago

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