Education

School Safety Measures

With students back, school shootings rise. NPR’s Leila Fadel visits a Minnesota school preparing for the worst.

Volunteers from the LiTEArary Society spread the love of reading by donating books to preschoolers in Grafton, WV.

Minnesota law requires five school lockdown drills yearly. Educators face the challenge of preparing kids for gun violence.

A Yale study finds that K-12 students with access to social and emotional learning show improved test scores and grades.

The University of Virginia reaches a deal with the Trump administration to pause civil rights investigations, without paying.

Sumner High School, the oldest Black graduate high school west of the Mississippi, fights to survive after a tornado.

The U.S. Department of Education grants $150M to train K-12 teachers in civics education amid hyper-partisan times.

Over half of U.S. states have schools on a 4-day week to attract and retain teachers, with numbers rising.

Universities face deadline for Trump’s compact

Six out of nine universities reject the Trump administration’s compact requiring policy changes for federal funds.

Four times as many people see live theater in schools than on Broadway. Adapting Broadway for teens is unique.

The Trump administration is cutting 466 federal workers from the Education Department, impacting special education.

Maria Cristina Tomimbang, a math teacher in Montana, faces uncertainty as Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee impacts schools.