'I lied.' A teacher describes protecting her students during Apalachee HS shooting In a post shared widely on social media, Jennifer Carter gave her account about what it took to keep her students safe at the Georgia school where four people died this week. Emma Bowman
A view of life for students in China across generations Author Peter Hessler was a teacher in China in the 1990s. He returned about 20 years later to teach again and enroll his own twin daughters in public school there. And he found profound changes.
The journey 2 siblings made each day during the school year to attend classes In this week's StoryCorps, a brother and sister talk about going to school in the U.S. while living in Mexico. Jey Born
Lilla Lanivich, 13, of Rochester Hills, Mich., wins NPR podcast contest The middle school winner of NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge tells how her golden retriever, Lopez, helped restore her independence. Leila Fadel
Chronic illness shattered this teen's life. Her service dog helped get it back The middle school winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge tells how her golden retriever, Lopez, changed her life. Sequoia Carrillo
What research says about preventing school shootings Experts on school violence say a key to preventing such tragedies is identifying and supporting students in crisis before they hurt others. Cory Turner
These are the 2 students and 2 teachers killed at Apalachee High School in Georgia Just one month into the school year, four people were ripped away from their loved ones, their lives ended by a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga. Jaclyn Diaz
College presidents consider how to respond to a new school year of campus protests NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Wesleyan University president Michael Roth about why he supports political activism on campus. Steve Inskeep
Worried about your drink getting spiked? Here are some safety tips It's September, and many college students are arriving on campus for the first time. This exciting new chapter can have a darker side: College students are considered a high-risk group for drugging. Jaclyn Diaz
T.D. Lee changed science in China and my life. This is what I owe to him Chinese particle physicist Yangyang Cheng reflects on the legacy of the late Nobel laureate T.D. Lee — how his ideas changed her life, and the limit to his engagement with Beijing. Yangyang Cheng
