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Deadline Extended: NPR Student Podcast Challenge entries are now due May 31
-Entries for our sixth annual contest for middle and high school students (and our first-ever fourth grade competition) are now due Friday, May 31 at midnight E.T.
Student protests caused mostly minor disruptions at several graduation ceremonies
-From California to North Carolina, students staged chants and walkouts over the weekend in protest of Israel's ongoing military offensive in Gaza.
How FAFSA complications are disproportionately affecting Black students
-NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bryan J. Cook, director of higher education policy at the Urban Institute Center on Education Data and Policy, about how complications with FAFSA affect Black students.
Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning
-Researchers are learning that handwriting engages the brain in ways typing can't match, raising questions about the costs of ditching this age-old practice, especially for kids.
Photos: Campus protests continue, police make arrests and clear encampments
-Photojournalists at NPR member stations documented protests at college and university campuses nationwide this week.
From pandemic to protests, the Class of 2024 has been through a lot
-Pomp and circumstance again fall victim to circumstance for some students in the graduating class of 2024, as protests over the war in Gaza threaten to disrupt commencement ceremonies.
Talking with a Vanderbilt senior expelled for role in pro-Palestinian protests
-One of the first schools to expel students related to pro-Palestinian protests was Vanderbilt University. One expelled senior is still hoping he can get his degree.
A Virginia county board votes to restore Confederates' names to schools
-The school board meeting stretched into early Friday. During the debate, a Black student athlete told the board, "I would have to represent a man that fought for my ancestors to be slaves."
How one school is trying to improve attendance of chronically absent students
-In 2023, about one in four students was chronically absent. Schools are going above and beyond to turn those numbers around. That often means having difficult conversations with students and families.
GOP lawmakers turn their attention to antisemitism in K-12 public schools
-During a Senate hearing Wednesday on antisemitism in K-12 schools, superintendents were unapologetic as they faced tough questions about discipline and accountability.
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