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As youth overdoses rise, Seattle parents push schools to expand training

In response to parent pressure, Seattle Public Schools is adding more doses of naloxone to high schools and offering training to all school staff. Some parents say that's not enough.
- Ann Dornfeld
Amid a shortage, one NW school district reimagines the role of substitute teachers

‘It's knowing that substitutes are not, as one of the sources said in my story, a Plan B or an afterthought, but a critical part of keeping schools running.’
- Kim Malcolm
Trade programs at Seattle Central avoid the axe, for now

Seattle community colleges have been facing enrollment declines for the past few years. At a recent budget forum, Seattle Central College leaders say they’re facing a $15 million dollar deficit. And without new funding options, they’re proposing deep cuts.
- Ruby de Luna
Shabana Basij-Rasikh: The ongoing fight to educate Afghan girls

In 2016, Shabana Basij-Rasikh created Afghanistan's School of Leadership for girls. When the Taliban took control in 2021, she helped her students flee and continued their education abroad.
- Katie Simon
Kids get a 'cool' and 'slimy' look at salmon conservation, science

A recent salmon field trip has helped students become more curious about salmon.
- Courtney Flatt
The pandemic erased a decade of public preschool gains

An annual review of state-based preschool programs found big drops in enrollment and state funding in the 2020-2021 school year.
- Cory Turner
Encore: Yup'ik and Iñupiaq spelling bees keep native Alaskan languages alive

In Alaska, a seventh grader has won the Yup'ik spelling bee and a fifth grader has won the Iñupiat spelling bee.
- Katie Anastas
Student loan borrowers will get help after an NPR report and years of complaints

The U.S. Department of Education unveils a plan to help millions of borrowers who have been hurt and held back by its troubled income-driven repayment plans.
- Cory Turner
Florida rejects 54 math books, claiming critical race theory appeared in some

The rejected books make up a record 41% of the 132 books submitted for review, the Florida Department of Education said in a statement.
- Ayana Archie
High school didn’t prepare my sister for college. But hard work got her there

Around two million high school graduates go on to attend college each year in the United States. Jakha Tunkara is a recent high school graduate who feels that the school system failed to properly prepare her for college. RadioActive's Muhammad Tunkara talks with his sister Jakha about the obstacles she faced.
- Muhammad Tunkara

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