Whatever Happened To ... The Woman Whose Mission Is To Get African Girls In School? Angeline Murimirwa leads Camfed, a group that has given scholarships to 4.8 million girls in Africa. And now the group has been awarded the $2.5 million Hilton Humanitarian Prize. Marc Silver
Air hugs. No singing. Lunch outside: School in the time of coronavirus There were no hugs on the first day of school at Mount View Elementary in White Center. (Yes to air hugs, however.) Kate Walters
Because Of Ida, At Least 45,000 Louisiana Students May Be Out Of School Until October New Orleans schools are on track to reopen in the coming days, but students in Louisiana's river and coastal parishes may be out of school for several more weeks. Aubri Juhasz
Parents Of Children With Disabilities Join The Legal Battle Over Masks In Schools In a wave of lawsuits, families are arguing that restrictions on mask mandates infringe on disability rights, forcing children to choose between their health and their education. Sneha Dey
Inside pandemic school School is back in session. It's a bit exciting, a bit scary, and a lot weird. Today we go inside the first day of school at Mount View Elementary School in White Center to see what pandemic school looks like in action. Kristin Leong
Public Schools In A Maryland County Will Reopen Without Police Officers NPR's Michel Martin talks with Councilman Craig Rice and student Julia Angel about public schools in Montgomery County, Md., opening without police officers for the first time in 19 years.
Caught Between Parents And Politicians, Nurses Fear Another School Year With COVID-19 As kids head back to class, school nurses are stretched thin as they manage increased workloads and delta-variant surges. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with three school nurses about this year's concerns. Ari Shapiro
Thousands Of Haitian Children Can't Return To School After Last Month's Earthquake Schools in Haiti's southwest are beginning the new school year, just weeks after an earthquake devastated the region. Carrie Kahn
Hurricane Ida's Impact On Students Could Be Worse Than Katrina, Expert Says Many New Orleans area students had re-enrolled in other schools within two weeks after Hurricane Katrina. This time, one expert predicts "five or six weeks of essentially no learning happening." Anya Kamenetz
Amanda Little: What Is The Future Of Our Food? How should we ethically feed our world? Are we supposed to return to organic pastoral practices or trust new technology? Journalist Amanda Little believes the answer lies in the middle. Sanaz Meshkinpour
