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News Articles: school

Perhaps no presidential candidate has leaned more into talking about schools than Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

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How schools (but not necessarily education) became central to the Republican primary

GOP candidates talk about schools a lot on the campaign trail. But that doesn't mean they are talking a lot about education, instead focusing on culture war issues on the battleground of K-12 schools.

December 20, 2023
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  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Scott Simon with his daughter, Elise, during the holidays.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: School shows are a magical part of the holidays

NPR's Scott Simon talks about how much he enjoys watching school stage productions this time of year and why.

November 25, 2023
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  • Scott Simon

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  • Books

What is a walking school bus? Hint: It has no tires but lots of feet and lots of soul

So what is a walking school bus? A new children's book set in South Africa tells the story of some intrepid youngsters who figured out a way to stay safe during their long walk to class.

October 31, 2023
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  • Vicky Hallett
Students

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  • News

Lake Forest Elementary one of 31 Fulton schools enjoying free meals

Lake Forest Elementary School is among 31 Fulton County Schools enjoying the benefit of breakfast and lunch at the school for all students at no charge.

August 28, 2023
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  • Bob Pepalis
Governor Deals Announces the Second Round winners of Innovation in Teaching Competition.

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  • News

Professional Standards Commission to remove 'woke' language from teacher training despite pushback

The Georgia Professional Standards Commission voted to remove some language related to diversity, equity, and inclusion from its teacher training curriculum on Thursday. 

June 09, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Georgia Academy for the Blind senior Daquan Brown with the 3d yearbook printed for him and other members of the Class of 2023 by Mercer University engineering students.

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  • Technology

To give visually impaired students a yearbook, 3D imaging is the key

Yearbooks and yearbook photos are a huge part of how we remember our school years. But for visually impaired students, capturing the physical essence of friends is a challenge. Now 3D imaging technology is meeting the need.

May 10, 2023
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
A program designed to give aspiring educators classroom teaching experience before they ever leave high school is graduating its first students in Macon this month.

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  • Education

'Teaching as a Profession': Bibb County students graduate from program for aspiring educators

A program designed to give aspiring educators classroom teaching experience before they ever leave high school is graduating its first students in Macon this month. 

May 04, 2023
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  • Grant Blankenship
A supporter of President Donald Trump has a clear plastic backpack during a campaign rally at MBS International Airport, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, in Freeland, Mich.

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  • Education

A Michigan school district has banned students from carrying backpacks

Flint Community Schools said it has concerns about the national landscape of gun violence across the nation. The ban went into effect Monday.

May 04, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
The pantry for shelf stable food in the Ballard Hudson Middle School Helping Hands Ending Hunger program.

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  • Food

In Bibb County, there's a pilot program of students feeding students. It's looking like a success

Bibb County Schools are seeing success in a monthslong pilot of a program aimed at empowering students to help steer food to their hungry classmates.

April 24, 2023
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  • Grant Blankenship
A student carries her plate which consists of three bean chili, rice, mandarins and cherry tomatoes and baked chips during her lunch break at a local public school, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.

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  • Politics

There's no such thing as a free lunch. Vermont schools say there should be for kids

Vermont is inching closer to passing a bill to make school meals free for all public school students. It could be the next to join five other states to make the move after pandemic-era benefits.

March 31, 2023
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  • Ximena Bustillo
Two young German-Jewish refugees at the porthole of the liner St. Louis finally arrive at Antwerp, after being refused entry to Cuba and Miami prior to the start of World War II.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: A Holocaust remembrance — and lessons we have yet to learn

NPR's Scott Simon wonders why teaching children about the Holocaust is not mandatory in most states and the lessons they are missing.

January 28, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
In this image made from video, an empty classroom is shown at David Ellis Academy in Detroit on Feb. 8, 2021.

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  • Education

A middle school teacher faces charges from alleged drug overdose in classroom

The art teacher is being charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of children.

January 09, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A fleet of Broward County School Buses are parked in a lot on July 21, 2020 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Photo by Johnny Louis/Getty Images

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  • News

Federal grants will put more electric school buses on Georgia roads

A handful of school districts around the state will transition at least some of their bus fleet to electric buses, thanks to money from the federal government. 

November 23, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Water flows in Coldwater Creek on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, behind a row of homes at Belcroft Drive and Old Halls Ferry Road in Missouri's St. Louis County. Environmental investigation consultants have found significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school, which sits in the flood plain of Coldwater Creek which was contaminated by nuclear waste from weapons production during WWII.

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  • National

Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school

There is significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II, according to a new report.

October 17, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Mercer University President William Underwood, left, with Bibb Schools Superintendent Dan Sims, center, and Clayton Schools Superintendent Morcease Beasley, right, after the announcement of the new Mercer program to lure mid-career people into teaching.

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  • Education

A new degree program aims to draw mid-career jobseekers to teaching

The federal department of education is granting $9.6 million to a partnership between five Georgia school systems and Mercer University’s Tift College of Education. The aim of the partnership is luring mid-career people to teaching.

October 05, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
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