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At age 8 in 2009, EJ Beck hugs her favorite book, Laura Ingalls Wilder's These Happy Golden Years. At 10, center, she is pictured in the hospital where she was treated for thyroid cancer. For Beck and her family, the Happy Golden Years image became emblematic of her life, before. At right, EJ Beck today is a 23-year-old medical student. Beck family; José A. Alvarado Jr. for NPR hide caption
Teachers Emily Brisse, Mitchell Rutherford and Abbey Osborn have competed with smartphones for students' attention. Emily Brisse, Mitchell Rutherford and Abbey Osborn/Compiled by NPR hide caption
A bicyclist passes a college tour group outside the Baker Library at Dartmouth College, April 7, 2023, in Hanover, N.H. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
Ms. Meyers and her students begin to count the tallies after counting the ballots at Salt River Elementary School on October 22. Sharon Chischilly for NPR hide caption
Kids at an Arizona tribal school learn about democracy with their own lunch vote
Members of the class of 2016 are presented with their degrees during the commencement ceremony at Howard University in May, 2016. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Republican nominee for North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Michele Morrow at a candidate forum in Raleigh, North Carolina. Liz Schlemmer/WUNC hide caption
GOP candidate for NC schools chief has spread falsehoods, ‘groomer’ rhetoric
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Black girls had the highest rates of so-called "exclusionary discipline," such as suspensions and expulsions, according to a new report from the GAO. Above, school busses sit at a service yard last year in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will face off in a debate on Tuesday. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
How the candidates differ on their views and policies on education
Students and residents mourn those who lost their lives near the scene of the mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga. Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
Parents, students, and staff of Chino Valley Unified School District hold up signs in favor of protecting LGBTQ+ policies at Don Antonio Lugo High School, in Chino, Calif., in June 2023. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Monday barring school districts from passing policies that require schools to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identification. Anjali Sharif-Paul/The Orange County Register/AP hide caption
For many college-bound students, the federal financial aid process has been beset by problems. John Lamb/Getty Images hide caption
Issues with FAFSA could mean many students don't go to college in the fall
Students listen to their teacher during their first day of transitional kindergarten at Tustin Ranch Elementary School in Tustin, CA, in August 2021. MediaNews Group via Getty Images hide caption
COVID funding is ending for schools. What will it mean for students?
People protest outside the House chamber after legislation passed that would allow some teachers to be armed in schools during a legislative session Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV/AP hide caption
After calls for gun safety, Tennessee votes to arm teachers
Student loan borrowers and advocates gather for the People's Rally To Cancel Student Debt During The Supreme Court Hearings On Student Debt Relief on February 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for People's Rally hide caption
Oregon schools are struggling to recover academic learning losses, according to a recent study from researchers at Harvard and Stanford. Brian A Jackson/Getty Images hide caption
Activists and students protest in front of the Supreme Court during a rally for student debt cancellation in Washington, D.C., in February 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Hand in Hand Jerusalem school principal Efrat Meyer, who is Jewish, and vice principal Engie Wattad, who is Arab Muslim, are longtime colleagues and friends. The school is mixed and bilingual. Ayman Oghanna for NPR hide caption
A school in Jerusalem brings Arab and Jewish kids together to boost understanding
Code Switch is live on stage in Little Rock, Ark. (right). They interviewed Dr. Sybil Jordan Hampton (left) about what it was like to go to school during desegregation efforts in the 1950s and 60s. Dr. Sibyl Jordan Hampton, Little Rock Public Radio hide caption
Perhaps no presidential candidate has leaned more into talking about schools than Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
How schools (but not necessarily education) became central to the Republican primary
Pakistani teacher Riffat Arif, known as Sister Zeph, is the 2023 winner of the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize. She holds a trophy presented at a dinner in her honor in Paris. She says she faced bad treatment from her teachers at school and dreamed of "a teacher who gives equal respect and love to children with no difference. I could not find that teacher, so I will be that teacher." Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Spring Woods High School in Houston, Texas, is one of the schools that put on a production of The Addams Family. Susan Doremus/Educational Theatre Associaton hide caption
These were the most frequently performed plays and musicals in high schools this year
Miguel Lerma, right, with his grandparents who raised him, Jose and Virginia Aldaco. Miguel Lerma hide caption