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Schools In Orange County, Fla., Reopened In August. How's It Going?

7:43am February 12, 2021

Reopening schools is a challenge because states have different rules. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to Barbara Jenkins, superintendent of public schools in Orange County, Fla., about in-person learning.

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Spring Semester Brings In-Person Classes And COVID-19 Spikes For Some Colleges

4:22pm February 11, 2021

by Elissa Nadworny

After delaying the start of an in-person semester, many colleges are now seeing spikes of COVID-19 rates as students return to campus for the spring semester.

A teacher wearing a protective mask walks around the classroom during a lesson at an elementary school in San Francisco in October 2020.

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3 Teachers On The Push To Return To The Classroom

12:18pm February 11, 2021

by Audie Cornish

"I was livid," says Maxie Hollingsworth, a teacher in Houston. "Everyone is saying that schools must reopen, but teachers are not a priority for vaccines. That is insane."

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With Vaccines Promised, Chicago Teachers Agree To Return To Classes

8:29am February 11, 2021

by Sarah Karp

Chicago students will start returning to school for in-person classes, after the city and the teachers' union reached an agreement on how to reopen schools safely during the pandemic.

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Chicago teachers have voted to accept an agreement for returning to in-person classes in the coming weeks. Here, a woman holds a sign at a car caravan in support of teachers' call for more safety precautions.

Chicago Teachers Union OKs Deal To Return To Class, With Vaccines Promised

10:23am February 10, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The agreement calls for Chicago Public Schools to provide "at least 1,500 first vaccine doses per week" to employees, with second doses guaranteed.

A model of a feathered Tyrannosaurus rex at the American Museum of Natural History in 2019 in New York City. All Things Considered is making amends for its lack of dinosaur coverage.

8-Year-Old Calls Out NPR For Lack Of Dinosaur Stories

7:23am February 10, 2021

by Mary Louise Kelly

How can All Things Considered consider all things without considering dinosaurs? That's the question posed by 8-year-old Leo Shidla of Minneapolis.

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GCS Middle And High School Students Set To Return For In-person Instruction

10:52pm February 09, 2021

by Keri Brown

Guilford County Schools' older students will begin returning to classrooms over the next few weeks.

How Educators In Public Schools Are Navigating Teaching During The COVID-19 Pandemic

4:27pm February 09, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with teachers in Houston, Baltimore and Davenport, Iowa, about what life on the ground is like for educators in public schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.

S.C. Gives Highest Civilian Honor To Principal Who Got A Walmart Job To Help Students

3:13pm February 09, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Henry Darby took on a part-time at Walmart, stocking shelves from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., three nights every week.

Empty school corridors have become the new norm in some parts of the country during the pandemic.

Teachers Knock On Doors Looking For Students Who've Disappeared From Online Learning

10:52am February 09, 2021

by Robbie Feinberg

Many school districts across the country have reported big downturns in attendance as they've shifted to remote learning. Some students have dropped off the map entirely.

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