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High schoolers are training to drive 18-wheelers amid a shortage of truck drivers

The trucking industry is short 68,000 drivers. By 2028, industry officials fear the number could jump to more than 100,000. A California high school allows seniors to learn trucking skills.
- Jonathan Franklin
Teachers in Texas are told they must teach 'opposing' views of the Holocaust

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.
- Sharon Pruitt-Young
Music classes are back in school this year, finally indoors and off Zoom

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.
- Craig LeMoult
Lego says it will work to rid its toys of harmful gender bias

The toy company says it will work to make its products and marketing more inclusive, citing new research into how kids and parents gender creativity.
- Rachel Treisman
Can downtown Seattle attract families? The big question behind the debate about a new school.

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan wants to put a public elementary school downtown. She’s offering the school district the right to build the school on the former entrance to the Battery Street tunnel. That decision is not final. But it’s prompted a lot of discussions about the future of downtown.
- Joshua McNichols
Radio Diaries: Teachers document their hopes and fears during the pandemic

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.
Overwhelmed with the return to school, Seattle teens are withdrawing into their cocoons

Educators and parents hoped being back in classrooms would be a positive change for teens — but everyone is learning it’s not so straightforward.
- Ruby Lee
What borrowers need to know about the Public Service Loan Forgiveness overhaul

On Wednesday, the U.S. Education Department said it would temporarily relax some of the program's rules. The changes could lead to loan cancellation for tens of thousands of borrowers.
- Cory Turner
Student athletes have an easier time accessing mental health care on campus

One group of college student, athletes, routinely get more access to mental health services as an effort to care for the whole athlete. This care is gaining traction, but it is fair to other students?
- Alisa Roth
Senators discuss their proposal that would repair the infrastructure of HBCUS and

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Senators Chris Coons, D-Del., and Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., about their proposed act which would update the infrastructure of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
- Christopher Intagliata

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