Student Solves Problem Created While We Look Down At Our Phones We've all missed things when looking down at our phones. Minwook Paeng wanted to draw attention that, and he created the "third eye" — an ocular prosthetic worn on your forehead.
Glacier Middle School on alert to returning students' mental health ‘If it were up to me, each and every student would have access to a mental health counselor that they can talk to.’ -Counselor Chasmon Tarimel Kim Malcolm
Seattle students to return full time, in person this fall. Remote option available Seattle Public Schools will return to full-time, in-person education this fall, Superintendent Dr. Brent Jones announced Thursday morning. Katie Campbell
University Of South Carolina President Resigns After Plagiarizing Part Of Speech The crowd gasped when Robert Caslen, a former Army flag officer, called the graduating students "the newest alumni from the University of California." But his bungled speech didn't stop there. Becky Sullivan
Warren, Sanders Call For Expanding Food Aid To College Students The Democratic Senators are introducing a bill that would make pandemic-related food benefits for college students permanent, and create grants for colleges to address hunger. Elissa Nadworny
Taylor Swift Makes Cameo On High School Students' Year-End Exam The Advanced Placement U.S. government and politics exam included a question about the singer encouraging voters to register on Instagram. CNN reports the surprise put a smile on some students' faces.
Opinion: How Latin America's Kids Suffer From World's Longest COVID School Closings Education was already a problem area in much of Latin America. But the coronavirus made a bad situation worse, writes journalist Alejandro Tarre. Alejandro Tarre
In Rhode Island, VP Harris Will Promote American Families Plan NPR's Noel King talks to Meghan Hughes, president of the Community College of Rhode Island, about the state's Promise program that offers recent high school graduates two years of free tuition.
Why are so many Seattle-area students of color staying home? ‘Earlier surveys of parents suggested white families were nearly twice as likely as black families to want to send their children back.’ Kim Malcolm
As Campus Life Resumes, So Does Concern Over Hazing NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Hank Nuwer about concerns that a pandemic-induced lull in hazing-related deaths may reverse as college students return to campus. Patrick Jarenwattananon