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The University Of California President To Leave Her Post In August

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Janet Napolitano, the president of the University of California, about her leaving the post in August as the system works out how to safely restart classes in the fall.
Classes will likely be part in-person, part remote for Seattle Schools students this fall

The plan Superintendent Denise Juneau released today will be enacted in the likely event that schools cannot fully open - and are not again shuttered due to Covid-19.
- Ann Dornfeld
'I'm Willing To Fight For America': 5 Student Activists On Protesting For Change

COVID-19 closed schools all over the world. But students are still taking the lead in the Black Lives Matter protests. So we ask student activists how they're organizing during the pandemic.
- Elissa Nadworny
News Brief: Trump Campaign Rally, TSA Put Passengers At Risk, New Financial Aid Hurdle

President Trump will hold a campaign rally on June 20th. A whistleblower says the TSA put passengers at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. And, it may soon be harder for students to get financial aid.
Now showing at the drive-in: Class of 2020 high school graduation

An iconic, but disappearing American institution -- the drive-in movie theater -- came to the rescue of the senior classes in several Pacific Northwest communities this month. As luck would have it, a drive-in cinema is well suited for a socially-distanced graduation ceremony.
- Tom Banse
Graduating High School During A Recession Could Be A Good Thing, Study Finds

Recessions typically damage workers' long-term earnings. NPR's Hidden Brain podcast explains how a study found that students graduating from high school during a recession may be an exception.
- Shankar Vedantam
What will school look like this fall in the Seattle area?

KUOW All Things Considered host Kim Malcolm interviews education reporter Ann Dornfeld.
- Kim Malcolm
A Teacher Ponders Risk Of Returning To Work While Being Paid Less Than Unemployment

Lainy Morse, a preschool teacher, dreads going back to a classroom filled with kids who don't understand hand-washing or social distancing. And she'd make less than she does on unemployment.
- Scott Horsley
Summer Reading Takes Flight In Virginia School District

Montgomery County Public Schools in Southwestern Virginia uses a company called Wing. One of the company's small drones hovers 23 feet over a student's house and it drops the book on a cable.
Seattle schools may be next to cut ties with police

Seattle may be the next city to pull police officers out of its schools
- Paige Browning

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