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For a disproportionate number of Black Americans, paying back these debts often turn out to be a life-long struggle.

Some pupils are not complying with the new advice, and there are worries about vulnerable students.

Public school enrollment dropped three percent nationwide during the 2020-2021 school year.NPR's education team continued to track enrollment this school year and found that while districts have gained students, a significant majority are still not back to where they were prior to the pandemic.A similar story has unfolded in Los Angeles, Chicago and at more public schools across the nation.NPR education reporter Cory Turner looked into why students are still not coming back to school and what schools are trying to do about it.Meanwhile, some of the students not enrolled in public school have started being homeschooled during the pandemic. WBHM education reporter Kyra Miles spoke to Black families in Alabama who are choosing that option in increasing numbers.In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai hears from an Afghan student, Rohila, who is no longer able to go to school.

High school seniors are returning to their classrooms in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, for the first time in more than six months as the city eases coronavirus restrictions

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ charter school will relocate to a larger campus in New York City.

Principals at three New York elementary schools are cracking down on “Squid Game” play after students were imitating the violent show on the playground.

Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku, who last year published his best-selling memoir, “The Happiest Man on Earth,” has died in Sydney

The Catholic church is struggling to bridge the gap between old doctrines and evolving attitudes.

The school's principal told Newsy's sister station the goal is for graduates to be "self-sustaining" right out of high school.

Naperville North High School students were told to stay home Wednesday morning because of a bomb threat being investigated by Naperville police.

Nearly all of New York City's 300,000 employees were required to be back at their workplaces on Monday as the city ended remote work. (Sept. 13)

Newly released federal and state data shows COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations climbing among Illinois children, along with outbreaks tied to schools, as the state tries to balance limiting the virus’s spread while keeping kids in class.

A school in Texas closed for the rest of the week on Tuesday after two teachers died from COVID-19 within a week, the Waco Tribune-Herald reports. State of play: The campus at Connally Junior High School won't open until after Labor Day for deep sanitation, after sixth-grade social studies teacher Natalia Chansler died on Aug. 28, having notified the school three days earlier that she tested positive for COVID-19.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. S

School bells have rung in parts of Indonesia’s capital for the first time in more than a year as schools shut by the coronavirus were allowed to begin reopening as cases decline.

CPS students return Monday. Answers to your questions about fall in-person learning.

The Illinois State Board of Education restored a suburban private school’s state recognition Friday, after school officials agreed to fully comply with Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s school mask mandate when students arrive on campus this month.

New Stop AAPI Hate report shows 9,000+ incidents since the start of the pandemic. About 10% of all incidents happen in schools.

While kids are usually enjoying themselves around this time of year reveling in the distractions of summer, this year is different. Or hadn’t you noticed? Back to school has never been bigger!

While kids are usually enjoying themselves around this time of year reveling in the distractions of summer, this year is different. Or hadn’t you noticed? Back to school has never been bigger!

One Seattle school is using a contact tracing app by Trace Innovations to keep students safe.

A second student, Cameron Kelty, has died following Tuesday's single-vehicle car crash involving four Bartlett High students.

The new school year begins as the Delta variant continues to spread across the country.

Experts say desks could also be at least three feet apart and teachers could be assigned smaller class sizes to reduce risk of infection.

This year’s annual back-to-school sales tax holiday has been expanded to 10 days, giving busy parents more time to prepare for their children heading back to school.

Marcela Garc�a teaches science classes sitting on three cushions placed on a chair in her dining room in Chile’s capital, while many of her students listen to her from their beds because they all lack sufficient space for the remote teaching brought on by the pandemic

A private school in Ohio barred some of its students from reenrolling due to the political affiliations and activism of their parents, according to a report.

Other states have imposed a variety of restrictions for Sydneysiders, with Western Australia and South Australia shutting their borders completely to anyone from New South Wale. “The New South Wale government will not hesitate to go further and harder if we have to,” the premier said on June 23. Other states have hardened their borders two days before New South Wales public schools break for two weeks. Southern Australia has also closed its border with New South Wales, excluding a 100km buffer zone for cross-border communities. New Zealand Covid-19 task force has paused its travel bubble with New South Wales and released a set of guidelines.

Salman Khan hopes to return to Afghanistan to help build schools.

Bring a newspaper page or a website printout on your travels and take a picture holding it.

Pupils wearing caps and hoodies gather outside a school in support of Ella Goodwin on Monday.

Fewer than 25% of CPS students are currently attending in-person classes.

Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory have also moved to end school banking programs, and Grace said other states were looking to follow suit. School banking will cease in Queensland state schools after July 31. Our students learn financial literacy skills from the Australian curriculum.”Bendigo Bank ceased its school banking program with the education department in 2020. Payments to schools for implementing school banking programs incentivize schools to encourage greater participation in the programs. “Young children are vulnerable consumers and are exposed to sophisticated advertising and marketing tactics by school banking program providers.

A Broward County school is the winner of Local 10's 4th Annual Earth Day Art Contest.

Los hackers que buscaron $40 millones en rescate del Distrito Escolar Público del Condado de Broward, que se negó a pagar, ahora han publicado casi 26,000 archivos robados.

About 250 of the school’s 942 are expected to attend at the college location starting Wednesday.

School's solar panel savings give every teacher up to $15,000 raises Renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar are generating more power in the U.S. than coal. Ben Tracy visits a rural Arkansas school district using the sun's rays in an unusual way.

School's solar panel savings give every teacher up to $15,000 raises Renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar are generating more power in the U.S. than coal. Ben Tracy visits a rural Arkansas school district using the sun's rays in an unusual way.

St. Ann Parish and School in Lansing, St. James Parish in Sauk Village and St. John Parish in Glenwood will be united to form one parish with two worship sites and one pastoral team, the archdiocese said in a news release. Mark Kalema will be pastor of the newly united parish, which will hold regular Mass only at St. Ann and St. James, with the schedule to be determined.

St. Benedict Parish and School in Blue Island, St. Walter Parish and School in Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood and St. Peter Claver Mission in Robbins will unite under a single name and pastoral staff in July, with regular public services held only at St. Benedict. St. Benedict and St. Walter schools will unite for the coming school year as one school, sharing a name, with two active campuses, the archdiocese said in a news release Tuesday night. The church at St. Walter will not hold regular Sunday Mass but can be used for school Masses, funerals and other individual events.

The school at 310 N.E. Sixth St. was placed on a Code Red lockdown. The Sheriff’s Office Real Time Crime Center monitored the cameras on the campus while deputies searched the middle school and determined that there was no actual threat, authorities said.

School's food bank provides students life lessons A food bank operating like a grocery store and housed inside a school gives students lessons in respect and retail. Mireya Villarreal shares more.

School disrupted and families without homes after deadly Texas storm A deadly Texas storm has taken a toll on teachers, parents and students, who were already having to navigate remote learning during the pandemic. Janet Shamlian reports.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – As Broward County continues to move forward with beginning in-person learning for district students, Local 10 has confirmed several positive COVID-19 cases in both public and charter schools. “They must wear a face covering including the weight room and physical education classes,” said Broward School Board General Counsel Barbara J. Myrick. The school district made the decision to temporarily shut down the campus after two students tested positive for COVID-19. MAST is one of several Miami-Dade County public schools to have new COVID-19 cases after reopening in early October. The superintendent said as of Monday afternoon, 10 students and one employee in the school district tested positive for the virus since physical schooling resumed.

Growing the Voices of Our FutureThe Westside Gazette Newspaper is honored to feature these editorial contributions made by local students. By Samara RawlsAt the start of this school year, many students didn’t have the opportunity to go back to school with all their peers. Thankfully, my school was able to allow the students back, but only at half capacity. I am very sure our school will do a great job of preventing Covid-19, so I am not too worried. I hope everyone has a great week.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – School children in South Florida haven’t been in their classrooms since March. Now there is a concentrated effort to get them back into school, even if their parents don’t agree. It’s a big, complicated puzzle that school board members, teachers and parents have been trying to solve for months. Leading the effort in Broward County is Superintendent Robert Runcie. He joined This Week in South Florida host Michael Putney to chat about the ongoing situation.

“We’re not trying to get rid of remote learning, we’re not trying to force anyone to go into the school that can’t do that, we want our kids back in school,” she said. “There are districts all around us … where schools are offering full in-person education.”

Caribbean Airlines Working with the Ministry of National Security for Students to Return to SchoolPORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad Caribbean Airlines is working with the Ministry of National Security to put on a special flight for Trinidad and Tobago nationals who are students, studying abroad and wish to return to school. This flight will be from the Piarco International Airport, Trinidad to the Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados, where students can make onward connections to other destinations. Students with an interest in traveling on this specially approved flight are asked to use this link to lodge their interest by 5 p.m. on Tuesday August 25, 2020.

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. It's a time that students look forward to throughout their entire high school careers, walking across the stage to receive their diplomas. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, a traditional graduation ceremony was out of the question for seniors at Somerset Academy Charter High School. But who needs an indoor graduation when you can have a stage outside of the school along with a drive-thru ceremony for friends and family? For Somerset seniors, theres was a graduation that wont be forgotten. Parents and family were able to watch from their cars as they drove through the driveway of the school and past the stage.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - School classes were called off for a fourth day in Chicago after the city and striking teachers in the third-largest U.S. school system failed to settle a contract dispute over issues such as class size and staffing. Since the strike began, teachers have picketed at many of the districts 500 schools and have held downtown rallies and marches. Several Democratic presidential hopefuls have voiced their support for Chicago teachers, including Elizabeth Warren who is expected to rally with teachers at a West Side elementary school on Tuesday morning. FILE PHOTO - Teachers picket near New Field Elementary School on the second day day of a teachers' strike in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 18, 2019. The strike comes seven years after Chicago teachers walked out for seven days over teacher evaluations and hiring practices.

MIAMI - School officials in Miami-Dade County had an important message concerning threats, real or fake, made by students. Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, school Police Chief Edwin Lopez and several school board members held a news conference Tuesday, warning parents about the impact those threats can have on everyone involved. In Miami-Dade County, 115 threats were investigated last year, resulting in 20 student arrests. Rundle said students who make threats must be psychologically evaluated and likely be expelled from school, among other consequences. "These are second-degree felonies so likely, they will be detained for three weeks," Rundle said.

MIAMI - School officials in Miami-Dade County had an important message concerning threats, real or fake, made by students. Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade Schools Police Chief Edwin Lopez and several school board members held a news conference Tuesday, warning parents about the impact those threats can have on everyone involved. So far this school year, through just eight weeks of classes, there have been 24 threats and six arrests. Rundle said students who make threats must be psychologically evaluated and likely be expelled from school, among other consequences. "These are second degree felonies so likely, they will be detained for three weeks," Rundle said.

School has only been in session for less than two weeks but multiple students have already been arrested for making threats, so why does this keep on happening? Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

School got back in session Wednesday in Broward County in what will be the most watched first day of school ever by the Broward Sheriff's Office. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Jim Gaffigan is baffled that anyone goes to school when they aren't being paid, let alone that people pay to go to school. He's so confused by the notion, he's come up with an alternative that would likely boost college enrollment all over the country. Gaffigan shares his thoughts on why he thinks people should get paid to go to school.

MIAMI-DADE, Fla. – Miami Palmetto Sr. High School, 7460 SW 118 St., in Miami-Dade's Pinecrest neighborhood had about 3,095 students enrolled. The school was among the top 10 reporting the most drug use in Miami-Dade County public schools. Last year the school reported an increase on tobacco. Records show the majority of students in the school do not struggle with poverty or academics. The school is in a low crime area and it has been an "A"or "B" school for years.

SCHOOL TOTALS WORST 10 ON VIOLENCE & SEXUAL MISCONDUCT: It's 1 of 2 schools that placed 5th in the state for having the highest fighting reports. About 83 percent of the school's reports were on fighting. Some reports: 123 fights, 6 battery, 2 drug related, 3 sex harassment148

SCHOOL TOTALS WORST 10 ON VIOLENCE: It's the 8th school in the state with the highest fighting reports. About 64 percent of the school's reports were on fighting. Some reports: 103 fights, 24 tobacco, 10 thefts, 6 weapons possession & 4 drug use.

SCHOOL TOTALS WORST 10 ON VIOLENCE: It is the 2nd school in the state with the most fighting reports. About 96 percent of the school's reports were on fighting. Some reports: 137 fights, 4 bullying & 1 battery. Schools with most fights are in high crime areas143

School incorporates coding into every class Many industry experts say too few students are learning computer code. Beaver Country Day School in Brookline, Mass., is hoping to change that by incorporating coding into every class. Paula Ebben reports.

Inside a school where dreams are becoming reality Booker T. Washington High School in downtown Dallas, Texas is sending five of its students to The Julliard School, one of the world's greatest institutions for the performing arts. Brandon Scott explains how a one class sent a record number of students to the school in a single year.