Education

The Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas, is in the spotlight after an administrator reportedly instructed teachers to provide students with "opposing" views of the Holocaust when the subject of recent statewide legislation came up.

Education

In one Texas district, teachers were told to give 'opposing' views of the Holocaust

7:03pm October 15, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

An administrator with the Southlake School District reportedly made the statement during a meeting when a new state law came up. It says multiple perspectives should be presented on certain topics.

Former Michigan player opens up about the sexual abuse behind his sit-in protest

4:37pm October 15, 2021

Former NFL player Jon Vaughn talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang from his sit-in protest outside the University of Michigan president's home after sex abuse allegations emerged about a school doctor.

Music classes are back in school this year, finally indoors and off Zoom

6:38pm October 13, 2021

by Craig LeMoult

For many students, band and choir classes were a far cry from normal last year — students practiced outside or over Zoom. With students back in school this fall, music classes look almost normal.

The learning gaps are real: A high school junior returns to class

5:14pm October 13, 2021

by Obse Abebe

Schools are mostly back to in-person instruction to the delight of some and the dismay of others. The concern of safety in the classroom is exacerbated by anxiety and struggles of focusing at home.

Health & Safety

COVID-19 cases are down among Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools students and staff

3:09pm October 13, 2021

by April Laissle

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools reported on Monday the lowest weekly total of COVID-19 cases among students and staff since the school year began.

In federal lawsuits, parents in Wisconsin are blaming school districts for coronavirus infections, saying they should not have ended mask requirements during a pandemic. Here, a student in Michigan is seen arriving at school in late August.

A Wisconsin brewery is helping parents sue school districts that don't require masks

7:43pm October 12, 2021

by Bill Chappell

A school board "threw students into a COVID-19 'snake pit' " when it axed mask requirements and other measures, a federal lawsuit says. A Minocqua, Wis., brewery is helping fund parents' legal fight.

Covid testing in schools as a bridge to getting back in the classroom.

Kids are losing school days to quarantines. Here's a way to keep them in classrooms

4:22pm October 12, 2021

by Anya Kamenetz

Test-to-stay policies could help keep students in in-person school. But amid a national shortage, rapid tests can be hard to come by, and the practice isn't common.

A wall of Lego minifigures is encased inside the lobby of the Legoland Hotel in Goshen, N.Y. on Aug. 6. The Danish company is pledging to remove harmful stereotypes from its products and marketing.

Lego says it will work to rid its toys of harmful gender bias

2:59pm October 12, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The toy company says it will work to make its products and marketing more inclusive, citing new research into how kids and parents see creativity through a gendered lens.

Education

Why 2021's college sophomores are the new freshman

7:12am October 11, 2021

by Elissa Nadworny

With so many colleges going virtual last year, many sophomores are on campus for the first time. But it's different — a lot still feel like freshman. Colleges set up programs to get them caught up.

Radio Diaries: Teachers document their hopes and fears during the pandemic

7:57am October 10, 2021

Teachers have a lot on their plates this fall — from navigating mask mandates to children who aren't used to in-person school. We hear from seven educators who tell us what it's been like.