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Action4Equity calls on Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board to reconsider contract termination

5:09pm July 12, 2022

Local nonprofit Action4Equity is asking the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education to reconsider the termination of their mentorship program contract.

A teenage girl wearing a face mask, head scarf and long black robe listens to a math teacher at a tutoring center in Kabul. The center was established by a women's rights activist to circumvent a Taliban ban on girls attending secondary school. The activi

Secret schools enable Afghanistan's teen girls to skirt Taliban's education ban

4:29pm July 12, 2022

The official rule: no secondary school for girls. But behind a veil of secrecy, women are opening small schools so that at least some of these teenagers are able to continue learning

Native Americans tell Haaland their stories of being forced into boarding schools

8:02am July 10, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Ramona Klein, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, about a listening tour among Native Americans by U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.

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Life Kit: Activism doesn't have to be intimidating

5:11pm July 09, 2022

by Andee Tagle

These days there are plenty of causes that may call you to action. NPR's Life Kit provides different view on what it means to be an activist.

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California law ensures a later start time for middle and high school students

8:06am July 09, 2022

by Scott Simon

Students and a sleep scientist share their views on a new California law mandating the school day start no earlier than 8 a.m. for middle grades and 8:30 a.m. for high schoolers.

Dispatches From Within, from WFDD's Hive® education program, wins multiple journalism awards

3:40pm July 08, 2022

by Molly Davis

Dispatches From Within, a youth-produced series focused on teen mental health from WFDD's Radio 101 program, has brought home multiple prestigious journalism awards, affirming the strong w

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WS/FCS terminates Action4Equity contract following mentor's 'inappropriate relationship' with student

5:23pm July 07, 2022

by Amy Diaz

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School District has canceled a $1.4 million contract with local nonprofit Action4Equity for a mentorship pilot program.