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Author On What She Learned 'Teaching The Children Of The One Percent'

8:29pm September 18, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Blythe Grossberg about her new book, I Left My Homework in the Hamptons: What I Learned Teaching the Children of the One Percent.

School administrators and police are warning parents about a trend where students destroy objects in school bathrooms for attention on social media.

Students Are Damaging School Bathrooms For Attention On TikTok

7:09pm September 17, 2021

by James Doubek

Soap dispensers and mirrors ripped from walls; damaged sinks, partitions and ceiling panels; clogged toilets: Students record themselves vandalizing their schools for social media notoriety.

According to the CDC, between March and May, 2020, hospitals across the country saw a 24% increase in mental health emergency visits by kids aged 5 to 11 years old, and a 31% increase for kids 12 to 17.

We Know Students Are Struggling With Their Mental Health. Here's How You Can Help

9:11am September 17, 2021

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Experts say taking care of your own wellbeing first will allow you to help your kids and students. You should also listen to their concerns and teach them tools to manage their anxieties.

Jason Reynolds: How Can We Connect With Kids Through The Written Word?

8:38am September 17, 2021

Jason Reynolds is an award-winning author and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. This hour, Jason speaks with Manoush about reaching kids through stories that let them feel understood.

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Outbreaks Strand Some Students At Home With Minimal Learning

2:03pm September 16, 2021

by Associated Press, Bryan Anderson & Heather Hollingsworth Associated Press & Report For America

Quesada poses for a portrait in her music classroom at Semple Elementary School in Louisville, Ky. She says she wants to continue teaching, but safe in-person learning involves so much more planning now than it did before.

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She's Been Teaching For 18 Years. She Says This Year Is Her Most Stressful Yet

3:24pm September 15, 2021

What does an elementary school classroom look like right now? Photojournalist Natosha Via spent the day with one Louisville music teacher as she adjusted masks and sanitized xylophone mallets.

A shortage of school bus drivers for the Boston Public Schools has led to some delays this month. Gov. Charlie Baker is calling up National Guard members to help alleviate the shortage in some areas of the state.

Massachusetts Calls On The National Guard To Mitigate A School Bus Driver Shortage

1:50pm September 15, 2021

by Scott Neuman

The pandemic has contributed to a shortage in bus drivers, so Gov. Charlie Baker says 250 Guard members with commercial driver's licenses will be brought in to help.

Colleges Are Struggling With How To Handle Vaccine Mandates

5:12pm September 14, 2021

by Taylor Haggerty

Cleveland State University is requiring vaccinations only for those living on campus. For everyone else, the college is relying on a six-week education campaign, a move some say doesn't go far enough.

For the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, all of New York City's public school students are expected to return to classes in person today.

It's Back-To-School Season In NYC. Here's How 3 Moms Are Handling It

5:14pm September 13, 2021

by Anya Kamenetz

School districts are once again making enormous changes at the last minute. New York City, the nation's largest district, is one of the few holdouts against offering a remote option.

A boy on his commute to school during COVID-19 times

The Unexpected Reason Arizona's Mask Mandate Ban May Be Unconstitutional

1:12pm September 13, 2021

by Ben Giles

Leaf through the most recent Arizona budget, and you'll find everything from a mask mandate ban to voting restrictions. A new lawsuit says those aren't budget items; they are political horse-trading.