Student volunteers prepare a balloon for a morning launch in Cumberland, Md. On April 8, eclipse day, hundreds of balloons will be launched into the path of the eclipse to study the atmosphere. Meredith Rizzo for NPR hide caption toggle caption Meredith Rizzo for NPR Student volunteers prepare a balloon
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How an Indianapolis teacher is using the solar eclipse to inspire her students
Second graders Hanah Sung, Izaac Stuck and Amaurie Robinson simulate an eclipse by casting a shadow with a play dough moon on an inflatable globe. Their teacher, Natasha Cummings, directs them to aim the shadow over the spot on the globe where Indianapolis would be. Kaiti Sullivan for NPR hide
This year it's a slow crawl to financial aid packages for students
Richard Stephen/Getty Images Richard Stephen/Getty Images Prospective college students are one step closer to financial aid packages this week, but the timeline is still months behind. This “is definitely one of the stranger years that we’ve had,” says Keith Raab, director of financial aid at Oregon State University. That’s because,
Delta-8, an unregulated form of THC, is popular among high school students
Edible products advertised as containing delta-8 THC. Teens can overdo it with products like these, health officials warn. Gene Johnson/AP hide caption toggle caption Gene Johnson/AP Edible products advertised as containing delta-8 THC. Teens can overdo it with products like these, health officials warn. Gene Johnson/AP A national survey of
Hackers are targeting a surprising group of people: young public school students
When Celeste Gravatt first heard about a data breach in her kids school system in February 2023, it sounded innocuous. “I didn’t really think anything of it at first,” Gravatt says. Officials at Minneapolis Public Schools called it a “system incident,” then “technical difficulties,” and finally, “an encryption event.” Gravatt
Protesters ram a truck into Mexico's presidential palace over missing students
A view of the destruction caused by demonstrators outside the presidential palace in Mexico City on Wednesday, during a protest over the disappearance of the 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teaching training school in 2014. The group of demonstrators knocked down one of the doors of building with a pickup
In a first, U.S. students will take the SAT entirely online (no pencils required)
Efi Chalikopoulou for NPR Efi Chalikopoulou for NPR The SAT, a college admissions exam that for nearly a century was completed using paper and pencil, is now officially all-digital. This week, students in the U.S. will begin taking the new SAT on their own devices — including a tablet or
Virginia high school students take center stage for Black History Month celebration
Teacher Leslie Jones, center, poses with students from Alexandria City High School’s drama department students in northern Virginia. Alexandria City High School hide caption toggle caption Alexandria City High School Teacher Leslie Jones, center, poses with students from Alexandria City High School’s drama department students in northern Virginia. Alexandria City
A half-century later, students at the University of Mississippi reckon with the past
Kenneth Mayfield was in the Black Student Union at the University of Mississippi in 1970. Members of the group were jailed after protesting token integration on the Ole Miss campus. Mayfield, now an attorney in Tupelo, Miss., was also one of eight students expelled. Timothy Ivy for NPR hide caption
Debt, missed classes and anxiety: how climate-driven disasters hurt college students
Climate-driven disasters are getting more frequent. They can be particularly destabilizing for college-age people who are in socially and financially formative years. Here, debris piled outside a home after a massive flood in Baton Rouge, La., in 2016. Zhang Chaoqun /Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption