Education

Earlham College Graduate Becomes 1st Afghan To Receive Rhodes Scholarship

3:56pm May 11, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Summia Tora, Earlham College recent graduate and the first Afghan to receive Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most prestigious academic awards in the world.

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Supreme Court Weighs Whether Parochial Schools Are Exempt From Fair Employment Laws

2:45pm May 11, 2020

by Nina Totenberg

For decades, lower courts have recognized an exception to the nation's employment laws for ministers. But how do we define who is a minister and who is not?

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Education

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Seeks $155M From County

11:26am May 11, 2020

by Neal Charnoff

A new budget proposal submitted by the Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools reveals the district is seeking $155M from Forsyth County.

High school senior Natalie Szewczyk has turned her Toyota Corolla into a mobile workstation.

AP Tests Begin Online And At Home — But Not For Everyone

7:00am May 11, 2020

The college credit exams were moved online in response to the pandemic. But many students don't have Internet access at home. Up until Friday, one senior planned to take her tests in a parking lot.

News Brief: Senate Health Committee, U.K. Reopening Plan, College Lawsuit

5:59am May 11, 2020

Senate panel considers if it's safe for U.S. to reopen. Leaders in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales reject Boris Johnson's reopening plans. And, Florida Career College faces class-action lawsuit.

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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on May 7. Cassidy says testing needs to be targeted.

Sen. Bill Cassidy On Reopening Schools: Children Are Paying A High Price At Home

5:51pm May 10, 2020

by James Doubek

"Children, they are paying the highest price relative to their risk of having a complication from coronavirus," the Louisiana senator tells Weekend Edition. He says testing needs to be targeted.

Education

What Recent College Graduates Are Going Through During The Pandemic, Continued

9:55pm May 08, 2020

by Elissa Nadworny

NPR's education reporter talks about what graduating seniors are going through right now as the colleges are closed due to the pandemic and answers their questions.

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What Recent College Graduates Are Going Through During The Pandemic

9:51pm May 08, 2020

by Elissa Nadworny

NPR's education reporter talks about what graduating seniors are going through right now as the colleges are closed due to the pandemic and answers their questions.

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French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron participate in a video conference with mayors and directors of schools at the Pierre Ronsard elementary school in Poissy, west of Paris, on Tuesday.

French Education Minister Says School Reopenings Will Be Done 'Very Progressively'

4:39pm May 08, 2020

by James Doubek

France's minister of education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, talked with NPR about the gradual reopening of schools, which will be voluntary. Still, many parents and administrators are against the plan.

France Is Planning A Partial Reopening Of Schools

4:01pm May 08, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jean-Michel Blanquer, French minister of education, about how France is planning to reopen primary schools on May 11.