Avani Yaltho, this year’s high school winner in NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge, brought three generations of her family together to talk about their shared history.
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NPR’s middle school champion: A moving podcast about Japanese incarceration
For the first time, NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge has a returning champion: a California fifth grader who explored a dark chapter in U.S. history during World War II.
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‘Monster Madness’: A sixth grader sent us this delightful podcast about Bigfoot
With help from his brother and some creative sound effects, an 11-year-old made us smile with his podcast. It’s a finalist in this year’s NPR Student Podcast Challenge.
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U.S. Education Dept. unites conservative groups to create ‘patriotic’ civics content
The group of more than 40 conservative organizations met for the first time on Wednesday. The initiative is aimed at celebrations of the nation’s founding next summer.
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RFK Jr. wants to end mental health screenings in schools. Experts say it’s a bad idea
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy and Education Secretary Linda McMahon are against schools giving kids standardized questionnaires about their mental well-being. But experts say they are wrong.
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After suing the Trump administration, Rhode Island to get $29 million in delayed federal education money
A lawsuit by a coalition co-led by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha has unlocked about $29 million in frozen federal education money for the state. Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general and two governors joined the suit after the Trump administration froze at the end of June almost $7 billion in funding for programs administered by […]
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Today is the last day for many Education Department workers. Here’s what they did
Employees across multiple divisions agree: They can’t imagine how the department will fulfill its legal obligations with roughly half its staff gone.
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R.I., Mass. among 25 states suing over Trump freeze in education funding
The attorneys general of Rhode Island and Massachusetts are among the plaintiffs charging that a Trump administration freeze on more than $6 billion in education funding is illegal. Without a detailed explanation, the U.S. Education Department on July 1 blocked the release of $6.8 billion in education grants for states. Twenty-three attorneys general and the […]
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In hearings, McMahon faces questions about the shrinking federal role in schools and colleges
In separate hearings on Capitol Hill this week, the Education Secretary answered questions about a range of issues, from student loans to mental health programs.
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Trump cuts could hurt after-school programs that serve low-income students
Schools in Maine have been at the center of a political battle with the Trump administration. Now, many fear after-school programs, critical for low-income communities, could be lost.
