School counselors are using creative ways to help kids cope with the trauma of floods Students in western North Carolina have been dealing with a lot of trauma since the devastating flooding following Hurricane Helene. Teachers are trying to help them cope. Amy Diaz
Seattle students want more mental health funding — and say in how it's spent As the city crafts its next budget, a group of Seattle students is pushing for more mental health funding — and more say in how it’s spent. Sami West
Fear and intimidation on both sides. UW releases report on Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia The University of Washington has released a report on the tense "campus climate" over the past academic year, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Dyer Oxley
Students return to North Carolina schools after Helene closures Kids are slowly returning to schools in western North Carolina, after being off following the devastation from the remnants of Hurricane Helene, but they may not be in their old school building. Liz Schlemmer
A nominee for North Carolina's schools chief has a track record of conspiracy theories The Republican candidate for superintendent of schools in North Carolina calls schools "indoctrination centers" and has a shot at a victory. Liz Schlemmer
Educators are working to bring Indigenous perspectives into classrooms Indigenous People's Day is becoming a more widely recognized holiday around the country. Two educators share how they approach teaching people about the significance of the day. Jonaki Mehta
'You're not alone:' A teen podcaster sends message to kids with incarcerated parents Eden Alonso-Rivera of Grandville, Mich. is the high school winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. Her winning entry, "A Relationship Behind Bars," is about her father's incarceration. Janet W. Lee
Students working to fill gaps in child brain development research The functional near-infrared spectroscopy cap, or fNIRS cap, is used to study the brain activity of children. But it has limits.
Why Oklahoma's top public education official aims to bring bibles into classrooms Oklahoma's top education official has made headlines for mandating Bibles in each classroom but once upon a time he was a high school teacher who enjoyed dissecting racy HBO dramas with students. Elizabeth Caldwell