Education We've been to school. We know how education works. Right? In fact, many aspects of learning — in homes, at schools, at work and elsewhere — are evolving rapidly, along with our understanding of learning. Join us as we explore how learning happens.
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Students chat while waiting for history class to start at Oak Ridge High School in September of 1955, when the once all-white high school was desegregated by order of the Atomic Energy Commission. The Tennessee city's school board is now formally including the story of its integration in its curriculum. Underwood Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Maintaining friendships and social networks during the pandemic often takes effort. Susan Haejin Lee for NPR hide caption
Amelia Hunt (left), principal of Stevens Early Learning Center in Washington, D.C., and Dr. Craig DeWolfe, a hospitalist at Children's National. Lulu Garcia-Navarro/NPR hide caption
Guards, Generosity, Patience: A Volunteer Effort To Vaccinate Public School Workers
A first-grade student sits on the bus after a day of classes in Woodland, Wash., on Thursday. Nathan Howard/Getty Images hide caption
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, pictured on Wednesday, announced on Thursday that the country's schools will offer free period products starting later this year. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images hide caption
Debate Over Student Loan Forgiveness Hinges On 2 Numbers: $10,000 Vs. $50,000
President Biden participates in a CNN town hall at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wis., Tuesday evening. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Brain Trouble, the second book in The Magnificent Makers series. Penguin Random House hide caption
Fans watch the high school football game between Davison and Flint Powers Catholic on September 18, 2020 in Davison, Michigan. Nic Antaya/Getty Images hide caption
The moment British actor and comedian Stephen Fry announced Ranjitsinh Disale as the winner of the $1 million Global Teacher prize. The Varkey Foundation hide caption
A teacher wearing a protective mask walks around the classroom during a lesson at an elementary school in San Francisco in October 2020. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
A view of a teacher and students at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 on January 13 in New York City. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images hide caption
Public School Teachers Weigh In On Vaccines, Masks And Returning To The Classroom
Chicago teachers have voted to accept an agreement for returning to in-person classes in the coming weeks. Here, a woman holds a sign at a car caravan in support of teachers' call for more safety precautions. Max Herman/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
A model of a feathered Tyrannosaurus rex at the American Museum of Natural History in 2019 in New York City. All Things Considered is making amends for its lack of dinosaur coverage. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
"I am very appreciative of my mother, who had no shame in helping her child to become a teacher," said North Charleston High School Principal Henry Darby, who cited his mother's sacrifices made his life's work possible. Courtesy North Charleston High School hide caption
Empty school corridors have become the new norm in some parts of the country during the pandemic. Frederic Cirou/PhotoAlto/Getty Images hide caption
Teachers Knock On Doors Looking For Students Who've Disappeared From Online Learning
Mayor Lori Lightfoot (left) and Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson (second from left) visit a preschool classroom at Dawes Elementary School in Chicago on Jan. 11. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/AP hide caption
School children wearing facemasks walk outside Condit Elementary School near Houston in December. The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday that it will begin collecting data on the status of in-person learning during the pandemic. François Picard/AFP via Getty Images hide caption