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How to break the ice with boys and girls on the 'birds and bees'

Peggy Orenstein helps us have ‘the sex talk(s)’
- John O'Brien
Florida Education Chief On His State's Aggressive Approach To Reopen Schools

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran about the push to reopen schools in his state.
For Standout Indiana High School Graduate, The Sky Is The Limit

Taran Richardson is a star athlete, on the Dean's list and senior class president. He applied to 70 colleges and was accepted by 65. Richardson chose Howard University to study astrophysics.
Students With Disabilities Struggle To Learn Remotely

While many schools are continuing distance learning, educators want to do things differently this time for students who need special education services. Parents say the schools have to do better.
- Cory Turner
Move In, Move Out: For In-Person College, Everything Rests On The First Few Weeks

Across the country, hundreds of thousands of college students are making their way to campus to begin the fall semester.
- Elissa Nadworny
Seattle Now: Pod's in session

Seattle Public Schools students are headed back to remote class in just over two weeks. But without a formal plan from the district, some parents are thinking about alternatives. One idea: in-person "learning pods." Seattle Times columnist Naomi Ishisaka tells us about how some families are preparing.
- Patricia Murphy
Seattle special education students have gone months with few services. Will fall be different?

Parents of students in special education are bracing for another round of remote learning — and want answers about how Seattle Public Schools plans to serve students with disabilities after five months with few services. Families in three other districts have filed a lawsuit against the state.
- Ann Dornfeld
Need A Laptop? Colleges Boost Loaner Programs Amid Pandemic

One in 10 U.S. college students doesn't have access to a laptop. The pandemic is pushing colleges to change that.
- Elissa Nadworny
DOJ Investigation Finds Yale Discriminating Against Applicants On The Basis Of Race

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Melissa Korn of The Wall Street Journal about a Justice Department investigation that found Yale University is discriminating against Asian American and white applicants.
Parents On How They Are Bracing For Another Semester Of Distance Learning

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with parents from around the country about how they're preparing for another semester of remote learning.

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