Anya Kamenetz
Stories
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Business
Hearing about Facebook was billed as focusing on protecting kids online
It's grabbed a lot of headlines, but the evidence on social media and teen mental health — including that Facebook and Instagram research — is far from a smoking gun.
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National
School Boards Are Asking For Federal Help As They Face Threats And Violence
School board meetings, usually one of the most mundane examples of local democracy in action, have exploded with vitriol across the country in recent months, and many school leaders are scared.
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National
Moms On Both Sides Of The Back-To-School Debate
School districts are once again making enormous changes at the last minute. New York City, the nation's largest district, is one of the few holdouts against offering a remote option.
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Politics
Biden Dangles New Federal Funds For Schools That Defy Mask Mandate Bans
On Thursday, the president announced a series of actions to encourage K-12 schools to mandate masks for all and require vaccines for employees.
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Education
Hurricane Ida's Impact On Students Could Be Worse Than Katrina, Expert Says
Many New Orleans area students had re-enrolled in other schools within two weeks after Hurricane Katrina. This time, one expert predicts "five or six weeks of essentially no learning happening."
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National
National Survey Finds 'Severe' And 'Desperate' School Bus Driver Shortage
"In previous years, we've seen regionalized driver shortages, but nothing to the extent that we're seeing today," one researcher told NPR.
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National
Why So Many Asian Americans Are Learning Remotely
Multigenerational households and anti-Asian bullying may play a role.
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National
Asian Americans Most Likely To Be Learning Remotely
Federal data suggests Asian Americans as the most likely to be learning remotely this year. Experts and community members say the reasons range from differing views of the pandemic to racist bullying.
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Education
New Data Highlight Disparities In Students Learning In Person
The first federal survey on school reopening shows racial and geographic differences in participation in full-time, in person learning.
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Science
CDC Says Schools Can Now Space Students 3 Feet Apart, Rather Than 6
In many places, the 6-foot guidance was interpreted as requiring schools to operate on part-time schedules in order to reduce class sizes. A 3-foot rule would allow many more schools to reopen fully.