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High school basketball players on Wyoming reservation are grateful for mask mandate

8:09am February 22, 2022

by Taylar Stagner

Mask mandates are being lifted across the country, but high school basketball players on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming are happy their mandate is staying for now.

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The pandemic continues to take an enormous toll on school teachers

5:46am February 22, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with National Education Association President Becky Pringle about school staffing issues, and the burnout that has more teachers thinking about leaving their jobs.

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Former Levi's executive Jennifer Sey speaks at a conference in 2018.

Can a corporate exec speak as a mom about COVID rules? Consider the Levi's saga

5:44pm February 21, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

Jennifer Sey was on a path to potentially become the next Levi's CEO. Instead, she is out, igniting a debate over corporations and speech.

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Scammers usually rely on phone calls to try to con their victims.

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Student loan scams are on the rise as the pause on payments is due to expire

5:07pm February 21, 2022

Emmy Ross has a bunch of student debt, so when callers offered to help have the loans forgiven, she was immediately interested. The problem? They were scams.

A community college in Kansas is at the center of lawsuits alleging racism

4:04pm February 21, 2022

by Frank Morris

A Kansas community college president is under fire for comparing a Black student athlete to Hitler. Lawsuits accuse the president of a concerted effort to shrink the Black student body at the school.

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'Critical race theory' bans frustrate teachers during Black History Month

5:21pm February 19, 2022

by Anya Steinberg

In the past year, more than 35 states have introduced over 150 bills limiting what schools can teach about race. For many educators in those states, it's made teaching Black History Month fraught.

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A substitute teacher brings joy and relatability in a tumultuous time

8:33am February 19, 2022

Cisco Fernandez, of Phoenix, Ariz., shares what it's been like for him to work as a substitute teacher during the omicron wave for our series "Outbreak Voices."

Kusemererwa Jonathan Henry, Joel Joseph (left and middle) and a friend pose for a photo on their way home from school. During the lockdown, they missed spending time in school together and would walk to visit each other.

PHOTOS: Teen dreams and disappointments after the world's longest COVID school closure

8:02am February 19, 2022

Schools in Uganda were shut nearly 2 years due to the pandemic. Now they're open again, although millions of kids won't go back. We speak to 6 teens about their plans and hopes.

Education

San Francisco voters recall 3 school board members

4:44pm February 18, 2022

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks to Ann Hsu of San Francisco about the successful effort from parents and residents to recall three school board members this week.

Student loan scams prey on confusion

11:30am February 18, 2022

by Elissa Nadworny

Student loan scams are on the rise. We cover some of the red flags.

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