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Monday

How Some Districts Are Trying To Get Anxious Families Back Into School Buildings

After losing several family members to COVID-19, Paullette Healy says she isn't ready to send her son back into classrooms this fall. Laylah Amatullah Barrayn for NPR hide caption

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The Coronavirus Crisis

How Some Districts Are Trying To Get Anxious Families Back Into School Buildings

Parents across the country are weighing whether to send their children to in-person school this fall. Some districts are getting creative in an effort to win them back.

Friday

When Schools Shut Down In Alaska, These Students Went Moose Hunting

High schoolers Ethan Lincoln, Kaylee King and Jamin Crow's podcast about their experiences subsistence hunting is a finalist in the NPR Student Podcast Challenge. The students are pictured here at the KYUK radio transmitter site in Bethel, Alaska. Katie Basile/KYUK hide caption

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Student Podcast Challenge

When Schools Shut Down In Alaska, These Students Went Moose Hunting

In the remote Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of Alaska, many families practice subsistence hunting to get food on the table. Three students reconnected with that tradition during the pandemic.

When Schools Shut Down In Alaska, These Students Went Moose Hunting

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