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A California School District Mandates Vaccines For Eligible Students

Culver City High School quarterback Zevi Eckhaus participates in the first official football practice in February after an 11-month shutdown due to COVID-19. The Culver City Unified School District is developing a plan for those who do not comply with a vaccination mandate for students. Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption

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Back To School: Live Updates

A California School District Mandates Vaccines For Eligible Students

Local teachers' unions were in strong support of a vaccine mandate for students, a district spokesman told NPR.

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Polls: Parents Support School Mask Mandates But Oppose Student Vaccine Requirements

Student wear facemasks as they attend their first day in school after summer vacation at the St. Lawrence Catholic School north of Miami on Wednesday. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

Back To School: Live Updates

Polls: Parents Support School Mask Mandates But Oppose Student Vaccine Requirements

Recent surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the RAND Corporation give some insight into how parents are trying to navigate sending their children back to school as the pandemic continues.

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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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Laylah Amatullah Barrayn for NPR

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.

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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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