Walmart Offering Full College Tuition And Books For Employees As a result, approximately 1.5 million part-time and full-time Walmart and Sam's Club workers in the U.S. will be able to earn college degrees or learn trade skills without the burden of debt. Jonathan Franklin
Kindergarten Enrollment Fell Last Year. Now Schools Wonder How Many Kids Are Coming It's too soon to say if schools will see a surge, but they do know that kindergartners are entering their first year of school with a wide range of experience. Clare Lombardo
Censorship Scholar On Book Bans And Critical Race Theory NPR's Michel Martin talks with Richard Price, author of the Adventures In Censorship blog, about trends in censorship and book banning.
Shari Davis: What If You Could Decide How The Government Spends Public Funds? Public places don't always fully meet the needs of a community. Shari Davis explains how participatory budgeting can give us all a voice in creating safer and more equitable public spaces. Manoush Zomorodi
When Students In Alaska Switched To At-Home Learning, Something Unexpected Happened When three students in the Yukon Delta region of Alaska were sent home from school last year something unexpected happened — they reconnected with their family tradition of subsistence hunting. Sequoia Carrillo
UNC Becomes The First School To Organize Group Endorsement Deals For Its Players As college athletes nationwide rush to ink individual sponsorship deals under a new NCAA policy, North Carolina is the first to say it will license players in groups alongside school trademarks. Becky Sullivan
Indiana University's Vaccine Requirement Should Stand, Federal Judge Rules A group of students challenged the college's policy, saying it violated their rights to reject medical treatment, among other things. Clare Lombardo
College Football Player Discusses The New Frontier Of NIL Endorsements NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Antwan Owens, Jackson State University college football player, about his NIL endorsement contract and the new frontier of college sports.
Illinois Has Become The First State To Require The Teaching Of Asian American History Governor J.B. Pritzker signed legislation last week that will require public school students to learn about Asian American history starting in the 2022-2023 school year. Deepa Shivaram
CDC Updates School Guidelines For Students Returning In The Fall The CDC has revised guidance for schools for fall 2021. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten about the latest recommendations for in-person learning.