Liz Kleinrock: How Can We Broach Hard Conversations With Kids, From Race To COVID-19? When one of Liz Kleinrock's fourth grade students made a cringeworthy comment about race, rather than change the subject, she chose to turn the moment into a teachable one—and start a conversation. NPR/TED Staff
Thomas Curran: How Can We Teach Kids To Accept Imperfection? Many students feel unrelenting pressure to be... perfect. Social psychologist Thomas Curran warns that striving for perfectionism isn't just impossible—it's also dangerous to children's health. NPR/TED Staff
Richard Culatta: Can This Crisis Revolutionize The Way We Teach? What does a global pandemic mean for our education system? Educator Richard Culatta discusses the ways we can teach for better humans virtually... and the opportunity this moment presents. NPR/TED Staff
K-12 Schools Try To Salvage The Term By Teaching Remotely NPR's Rachel Martin talks to NPR Education Correspondent Cory Turner and Sonya Santelises, superintendent of schools in Baltimore, Md., about navigating from classrooms to computers.
Listener Questions About Adapting K-12 Education During The Epidemic NPR education correspondent Anya Kamenetz and Thurgood Marshall Academy Director of College and Alumni Programs Sanjay Mitchell answer questions about K-12 education during the COVID-19 epidemic. Anya Kamenetz
Seattle Schools scraps plan to draft educators for emergency child care services Seattle Public Schools has cancelled its plan to draft educators to work at five new child care sites for the children of first responders, which were scheduled to open Monday. Ann Dornfeld
9 Out Of 10 Children Are Out Of School Worldwide. What Now? Recovery will take years, and other lessons from "education in emergencies" around the world. Anya Kamenetz
Remembering Dez-Ann Romain, A High School Principal Who Died Of COVID-19 At 36 Dez-Ann Romain was a beloved high school principal in Brooklyn, N.Y. She died at age 36 from complications of the coronavirus.
What Do Students Need To Recover When School Closes For Months? Almost nine out of every 10 children enrolled in classes is not going to school because of the coronavirus outbreak. Americans can learn from examples around the world. Anya Kamenetz
With Schools Closed, Kids With Disabilities Are More Vulnerable Than Ever About 14% of U.S. public school students receive special education services. And as schools transition from the classroom to the computer, many of those students could get left behind. Elissa Nadworny