Schools embrace social and emotional learning to help 'overwhelmed' students
School officials believe that kids can't succeed academically if they are struggling emotionally.
Education
New CDC guidance encourages more testing to limit school quarantines
The CDC is updating its guidance after studies show "test to stay" policies can keep more children in school without spreading the coronavirus.
12-year-old girl becomes the youngest graduate of Broward College
Sawsan Ahmed earned an associate's degree with a concentration in biological science. She will go on to the University of Florida, where she will study microbiology and cell science.
Kentucky school bus drivers are delivering tornado aid since classes are canceled
Friday's tornado decimated several neighborhoods in Bowling Green, Ky. Schools remain closed, so bus drivers are using the opportunity to check in on students and deliver meals to their families.
Why school enrollment continues to drop
In fall 2020, NPR reported that enrollment numbers in public schools were dropping. A year later, has that changed? In many places, the answer is an emphatic "No."
COVID-19 outbreak shuts down Cornell's Ithaca campus
An increase in COVID-19 cases at Cornell University has forced officials to shut down the Ithaca campus amid final exams and a graduation ceremony.
Where are the students? For a second straight year, school enrollment is dropping
The declines many school districts reported last year have continued, an NPR investigation finds. What educators don't know is where those students have gone.
Colleges go back to drawing board — again — to fight COVID
Many colleges are telling students to prepare for another term of masking, testing and, if cases get bad, limits around social life.
Cornell shuts down its Ithaca campus after significant signs of omicron variant found
The campus reported nearly 500 new cases of COVID-19 among the student body. The new omicron variant was detected "in a significant number" of positive tests, the university said.
Organizers of the South Dakota teacher 'Dash for Cash' are apologizing and paying up
The Sioux Falls Stampede and CU Mortgage Direct acknowledge the event appeared "degrading and insulting" to educators and are giving an additional $500 to each of the applicants and participants.